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First step in TV licensing process completed as controversy continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has received 11 expressions of interest in the new TV broadcasting licenses it plans... in a previously murky field. Since private TV emerged in Greece in the late 1980s, there has been... is the main argument used by TV channels that currently have licenses in their attempt to invalidate
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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... against the tender by the existing TV channels, most of whom failed to win permits in the recent... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week
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TV licencing becomes key political battleground after court verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering the blow of seeing its centrepiece legislation on TV licences being shot down... a new ESR board so it can launch a new tender for TV licences that will not be blocked... the government save some face and prove that it is determined to regulate the TV sector. “We’ll see now whether
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society, it is not entirely without precedent. Forest fires are a regular summer event, and every year thousands of hectares... percent of the country’s forest cover burned, a total of 2,700 square kilometres. In hundreds of fire... in the blink of an eye compared to 15 hours, which is how long the average Greek forest fire burns
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
, the Eurogroup on March 11 will give the green light for the ANFA and SMP profits to be released... billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Monthly net revenues totalled 5.34 billion euros
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoratheir remaining strongholds in the south, the Green Party scores high marks in cities across.... The new typography of German politics The Green Party received 14.8 percent of the vote. This level... has never left the Green Party ecosystem for any other professional experience. Among voters she
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TV permit auction boosts Greek coffers but questions linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the auction result is that Skai TV, with which the governing parties have had a long-running... Marinakis, a shipowner who is also chairman of Olympiakos football club, to the TV market is likely..., the government suggested it could get 340 million euros in revenues from the TV licence tender
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After TV permits setback, scrutiny of State Minister Pappas intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the failed TV permit tender that he oversaw. It was reported recently that Pappas travelled... that the government will launch a new effort to regulate the TV sector. In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper... licencing procedure. In a TV interview in Greece on Tuesday night, Pappas welcomed New Democracy proposing
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Government touts upgrades to civil protection amid early start to wildfire season
PoliticsGreek Politicsof forest and farmland in the Evros region of northern Greece. Other fires caused damage to military... the number of specialist forest fire units will be increased to 16, from 6 last year. He also said... recommendations for a more holistic approach to prevention including changes to land and forest management
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Government meets resistance on TV permits and revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsan extension for the payment of a TV advertisment levy and the other for the review of a fine... abstained. Greece's digital network operator, Digea, which was formed by private TV stations, has also
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