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New episode in Greek TV drama
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe suspense continues. A high court will hear a case against the government over its TV licensing... the news media. The Council of State’s 16-9 decision on Tuesday to take the complaints of private TV... complicated: A bid winner dropped out and was replaced, and TV companies strafed the government and each
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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
SocietyTV broadcast licenses. While the relationship between money, power and information is the subject... credibility on media regulation. This is the second time since the SYRIZA/ANEL coalition came... of corruption”, was a flagship campaign pledge for SYRIZA. Private TV channels have been on air in Greece since
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PM prepares to defend inflation fight against backdrop of political gridlock
PoliticsGreek Politics. Opinion polls Two new opinion polls released this week in Greece - by Opinion Poll for Action 24 TV
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Athens looks for improving mood rather than tangible outcome from Erdogan visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens sees the High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey, due to take place this Thursday, as yet another opportunity for both sides to retain the positive mood in bilateral relations... is committed to offer to Ankara as an additional incentive to maintain the current mood between the two
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Athens certifies improving mood in Greek-Turkish relations during Erdogan's visit
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the wake of the deadly earthquakes in Turkey in February, the mood between the two countries has... for Erdogan’s visit, which were to rubber stamp the improvement in the mood between the two countries
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Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politics, but SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) did not agree because the opposition party did not support... that New Democracy has moved into clear majority territory. According to the Pulse poll for Skai TV.... Interior Minister Panos Skourletis revealed on Friday that the government intends to table during
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsa lengthy live interview with Alpha TV in which he picked up where he left off in Parliament... partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is expected to depart once the Prespes Agreement on the Macedonia... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politics. Pierrakakis told Skai TV that close to 44,000 documents were downloaded within the first hour.... ND had used the same figures to attack the SYRIZA-ANEL government on the eve of the 2019 elections...’s deeds have not matched their words. Shadow interior spokesman Costas Zachariadis pointed
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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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Court delivers serious blow over TV permits, gov't vows to fight on
PoliticsGreek Politicsof State deemed that the recent tender leading to four bidders gaining TV licences and existing channels... the government could survive given that it had elevated the importance of the TV permits tender... and that efforts would continue to regulate the TV sector. When the decision was announced on Wednesday
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