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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 18 months after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias near Piraeus, the Neo-Nazi party’s leader, MPs and numerous members are going on trial. A total of 69 people, including Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloliakos and all 18 people elected to Parliament
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorabe outside any apartment complex or office block in the Netherlands. Joyous shrieks are heard nearby.... It outstrips the figure for the Netherlands, where 30,380 applications were received in total last year... returned a total of 14,880 third country nationals to their homelands. Of these, 2,650 were forced
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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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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsa coalition with anyone else. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Monday, the opposition chief attempted... the state list of candidates for the general elections. In a TV interview on Sunday, Gennimata indicated...-right rival. Venizelos responded on Monday night with a TV interview of his own, in which he suggested
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Mitsotakis said in a TV interview in December. At the time, the premier admitted that the lockdown... sight savings, aggregate triples YoY Total deposits, which also include the general government (gg.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture
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Greece to enter second lockdown as govt faces criticism over 'total failure'
PoliticsGreek Politics, a total of 1,503 patients are hospitalised in Covid wards, of which 220 are in ICU beds. A total of 348... TV that Mitsotakis was due to announce a second national lockdown. While the government has tried... the government of a “total failure” in managing the second wave of the pandemic and warned
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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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