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Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsnecessity but as a political asset in its own right. Opinion poll The latest Pulse poll for Skai TV shows... the most politically sensitive terrain for the government. Against this backdrop, the government’s... to the turmoil in the Middle East and to the government’s actions in Cyprus. In moments of geopolitical danger
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... reclaiming second place. The GPO survey for Star TV put SYRIZA’s support (as measured by voting intentions... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
AgoraAt the start of the process to auction four TV licenses in Athens last week, one of the people... of usual suspects did not seem to herald a new era for TV in Greece. Beyond that, the start of the auction... broadcasting had been an open wound since the first private TV stations went on air in the late 1980s
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsto miss out. However, an opinion poll carried out by Metron Analysis for Mega TV suggests that MeRA25... will intensify and there is a danger that SYRIZA and PASOK could find themselves drowned out by more radical... for Skai TV, suggests that MeRA25 is still a long way off the 3 pct threshold and that seven parties
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsdanger. However, in the meantime Georgiadis and Voridis are doing their leadership hopes no harm... for this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims
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Newsletter 368 - 03/02/2023
Mitsotakis, whom he has described as a danger to the country’s democratic institutions. The SYRIZA... using the UK case under Liz Truss as an example that Greece wants to avoid. Even SYRIZA, the other
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Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government to launch, and oversee, a tender for four national TV licenses. The legislation has been... owners of TV licenses. The opposition has accused the government of adopting an unconstitutional approach by passing responsibility for the issuing of TV licenses to State Minister Nikos Pappas
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Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe final list of companies that will be competing for the four national TV licenses on the digital... of taxes and social security. The other seven bidders are existing TV stations Ant-1, Alpha, Star, Skai, E TV and two newcomers: One backed by construction firm owner Yiannis Kalogritsas and the other
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