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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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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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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agora. There is a popular saying that goes: "the wolf ate the donkey", implying that one was waiting for something... of the people (those who incite hatred are a minority on both sides), but because of the politicians... inscribed in politicians’ DNA It would be wildly overenthusiastic to try to summarize everything
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
dissatisfaction emerging from recent polls. The latest, carried out by Alco for Open TV, found that fewer... report for the eleventh review. The general view taken by the institutions since the programme...’s third programme have contained short-term risks, but the long-term view remains uncertain
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
recent survey, by Pulse for Skai TV, indicates that support for New Democracy stands at 36 percent... TV on Wednesday night, Mitsotakis also distanced himself from the suggestion of a credit line. On Thursday, Papadimitriou tweeted that he was expressing a personal view and that applying
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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsneed,” he added. The premier’s view was echoed by Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis. Speaking to Skai TV, he argued that Mitsotakis had given a “crystal clear” response to the question..., likely leading to a further easing each time. Speaking on Skai TV on Monday, government spokesman
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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor interfering with the scene of the crash. The motion was carried with 277 votes in favour, 12 against... politician, who was serving as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister at the time of the crash in February... the phones of 87 individuals including government ministers, opposition politicians, judges
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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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