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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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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), may prove an obstacle to any deal with Skopje... and concern that the coalition may even fall apart over this matter. Speaking to ANT-1 TV on Wednesday... on any proposal, were “mistakes.” He added that it was wrong of ANEL MPs to take part in Sunday’s
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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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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agoraa soap opera playing out on their TV screens rather than a series of events causing real upheaval... with the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) in 2015 (another product of the pro-MoU vs anti-MoU... arrived on the scene. These political games (which played out against a backdrop of unprecedented
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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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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek Politics, which heard testimony from the head of the intelligence service (EYP) under the SYRIZA-ANEL
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, announced... and wants all ANEL’s ministers to do the same. As a consequence, Tsipras said that he would call... three of the seven members of ANEL’s parliamentary group are certain to vote against the government
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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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New episode in Greek TV drama
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe suspense continues. A high court will hear a case against the government over its TV licensing... the news media. The Council of State’s 16-9 decision on Tuesday to take the complaints of private TV... complicated: A bid winner dropped out and was replaced, and TV companies strafed the government and each
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