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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 the payment of taxes and social security. A total of four permits for broadcasting nationwide via... in a previously murky field. Since private TV emerged in Greece in the late 1980s, there has been
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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.... On a positive note for the government, the total amount that the four successful parties bid reached 246 million
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgrammepensions of a total amount of 2.07 billion and the remaining 277 million relates to supplementary... Alexis Mitropoulos (SYRIZA) claimed in an interview with Mega TV this week that the Council of State... of pensions is retroactive. Mega TV reported that the ruling would also rule unconstitutional the zero
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Apartment prices down 9.2 pct in Q3 as lifting of foreclosure ban mulled
EconomyMacroeconomyApartment prices in the Greek market fell by 9.2 percent in Q3 at a slightly decelerating pace..., the drop in apartment prices accelerated from a mid-single digit level in 2010 and 2011 to a low double... ban is seen exerting further pressure on apartment – particularly small and medium – prices, meaning
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Apartment prices down by 3.9 pct in Q1 for seventh straight QoQ fall
EconomyMacroeconomyThe fall in Greek apartment prices decelerated for the seventh straight quarter to 3.9 percent...). The latest headline figure is the 24th successive negative reading since Q1 2009. Apartment prices also... decreased by 24.6 and 28.2 percent respectively in Q1. As a result, the index of apartment prices further
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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EU digital certificate seen as boost for tourism against backdrop of worsening pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe backdrop of the worst day of the pandemic so far in Greece. On Wednesday, the national public health
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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... an unexpectedly high amount for public coffers. Of the total amount, a third is to be paid immediately
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Drop in apartment prices continues with slower decline of 1.2 pct in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy, Bank of Greece (BoG) data showed on Thursday. Compared to the previous quarter, apartment prices... in Thessaloniki. Apartment prices have been in contractionary territory since the first quarter of 2009...The nominal value of apartments in Greece fell at a slower pace of 1.2 percent year-on-year (YoY
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Fall in apartment prices continues with slower decline of 0.6 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed on Thursday. Compared to the previous quarter, apartment prices contracted by 0.1 percent... areas of Greece. Apartment prices have been declining since the first quarter of 2009. The biggest...The drop in the nominal value of apartments in Greece eased to 0.6 percent year-on-year (YoY
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