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  1. New Democracy seeks higher ground in escalating TV permits row

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A new chapter in the ongoing saga relating to Greece’s TV licences is due to be written this week, with the government hoping to recover from the blow dealt by the Council of State and New Democracy... down the government’s proposal that Polydoras should head the watchdog, which the Council of State

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  2. Storm impact and ferry death engulf political agenda
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by potentially unprecedented rainfall. During an interview on Mega TV, Achtsioglou suggested... by the leftists when they were in power to hire 5,000 more forest rangers and firefighters. She argued

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  3. Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    negotiations went straight down to the wire. The break in the talks had been planned so participants could... that the negotiators parted on bad terms, with European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling

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  4. Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the 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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  5. Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The 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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  6. Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
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    Plevris, was refused entry to eastern Libya for negotiations. The measures include a three-month... are, we do not accept you”. Plevris followed up with a TV interview in which he said that non... Mitsotakis of resorting to anti-migration policies to deflect from the failure of foreign policy in Libya

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  7. Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of President Trump, diplomatic sources acknowledge. Libya One country that is at the centre of interest for both Athens and Washington is Libya. The US is already including the North African country in a 4+1..., Turkey and Libya, aiming at resolving maritime disputes and, more specifically, the delimitation

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  8. Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the upcoming bailout review. TV licenses Another issue that serves as a useful distraction for the government is the tender process for the four national TV broadcasting licenses, which entered its... and Mega TV were rejected, while the former leader of ultra-nationalist LAOS and owner of Art TV channel

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  9. Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    buses, were broadcast live on TV, drawing criticism from the opposition and from human rights...’ federation POASY, who, when asked to explain the raids in a TV interview, described the police operation... the asylum processing system and crack down on people-smuggling, while calling on the EU

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  10. First step in TV licensing process completed as controversy continues

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The 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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