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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politics. Pierrakakis told Skai TV that close to 44,000 documents were downloaded within the first hour... the proportion is even higher at 32 pct. For SYRIZA’s shadow finance spokeswoman Effie Achtsioglou...’s deeds have not matched their words. Shadow interior spokesman Costas Zachariadis pointed
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Polls indicated support for two main parties growing as start of elections marathon looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls suggest is likely to happen in the coming weeks. An Alco poll conducted for Alpha TV... to Alco, 45 pct of respondents are not at all satisfied by the centre-left party, 32 pct are a little.... This will be followed by Interior Minister Makis Voridis stepping down on March 12 so an interim minister, who
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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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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 joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction... Nikos Pappas, who has overseen the whole process of regulating the TV market. It is clear, however... disposal. The prime minister, however, will want to maximise the political benefit from the TV 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 Politics, the most popular candidate is Skai TV presenter Giorgos Aftias with 41.4 pct, followed by Olympic... with 27.4 pct. For SYRIZA, the leading candidate is Olympic sailing champion and leading #metoo figure
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
had registered to vote in their country of residence in last year's national elections and had... by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official
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