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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 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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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsbuses, 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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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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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras’s office but played down by parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou who, as we mentioned... Paraskevopoulos indicated on Friday in comments to ANT-1 TV that he agreed with the points made by Panousis... will hope that the protests, as well as hunger strikes by 21 prisoners, will die down as a result
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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.... The rate of contraction slowed down, though remained the second-fastest since May. Client orders... losses slowed down in December with a moderate fall in workforce numbers. Job losses were linked
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Athens harbours big hopes for Egypt energy deal, keeps eye on Turkey's role
PoliticsForeign Policyfor Energy so it can be eligible for EU support funds. Egypt has completed interconnections with Libya... of Northern Cyprus. On the other hand, Cairo and Athens share a common line on the issue of Libya..., and the International Law of the Sea,” he said. The two ministers also discussed the issue of Libya
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Athens seeks talks with Erdogan as Turkey steps up diplomatic activity in region
PoliticsForeign Policyto the possibility of such a meeting on Tuesday. In a TV interview, he said the exact date has not yet been... the government of Eastern Libya to ratify the Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding... the Eastern Libya authorities to ratify the memorandum Ankara agreed in 2019 with the government in Tripoli
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Central gov't cash deficit down to 1.14 bln in March
EconomyMacroeconomybasis. The remaining difference (277 million) is owed to changes in the state accounts with the BoG
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General gov't cash surplus sees large contraction in Jan-Feb, arrears edge up
EconomyMacroeconomylocal governments posted a surplus of 202 million, down by just 2.4 percent YoY. The primary balance... entities. Similar to January, the state budget recorded the highest surplus at 852 million, yet
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Greeks express most negative sentiments about economy in global poll
Societyof the economy was extremely negative when compared to responses from elsewhere. Broken down country by country... survey was conducted in March and April 2017 through face-to-face interviews with 852 respondents
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