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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
to the Aegean as Athens eyes Ankara against the backdrop of internal political conflicts. comments... in January, beating the target by 387 million. Tax refunds rose by 3.5 percent to 325 million, bettering
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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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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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SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog
PoliticsGreek Politics. The dispute over the TV licenses has been brewing for some time as the opposition suspects SYRIZA is trying to favour friendly media groups. The coalition counters that previous governments have allowed TV
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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe auction for four broadcasting licenses on Greece’s national digital TV network dragged on into a third day on Thursday, with the results expected by the evening. Originally, the government had... from its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting market, the government seems to be trying
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo issues that have been thorns in the government’s side in recent weeks: The TV licence tender and friction in the judicial system combined on Wednesday to pose a fresh problem to the coalition... there was no chance of the court deeming the TV auction to be unconstitutional, even though
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Tsipras encounters SYRIZA resistance, waits for court verdict on TV licences
PoliticsGreek Politics-making process. Until now, Pappas had been virtually untouchable but the controversy over the TV... this week on Wednesday to assess whether the tender for TV permits was in line with the country’s
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Reshuffle expectations doused as coalition braces for TV permits ruling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s governing coalition is on tenterhooks over the imminent verdict on the TV licences tender from the Council of State, which is holding its second session of the week on Wednesday. Should... administration will simply continue its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting sector if the tender
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsas December 2019, which first gave Greek expats the right to vote from their country of residence... to be able to demonstrate recent tax and residence ties with Greece in order to be eligible to vote.... On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting
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