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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s manifesto in front of the TV cameras at the Megaron concert hall in Athens... the weekend when SYRIZA’s former coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) announced it will not compete... Parliament elections, ND will consider it has a good chance of attracting many of the 45,149 voters
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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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Turkey ramps up rhetoric, Greece strengthens presence at Evros border
PoliticsForeign Policywith Akit TV fuelled these concerns. The Turkish minister noted that Ankara’s “open borders” policy... that defense of our sovereignty and our sovereign rights is a non-negotiable good,” he added. He also noted... taken sides in the ongoing Libya civil war by supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA) led
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) appear to have made the coalition members even more determined to stick together... took their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... and to avoid fines from Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those who expressed concern
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SYRIZA confident of survival beyond name deal, confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), departs the government as the opposition parties do not have enough support to win... during the gathering was what would happen after the departure of ANEL, which is thought to be just... the ratification of the Prespes Agreement as early as this Friday and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos has said he
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Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyand the other countries of the region by working constructively within the framework of the rules of good... on the sidelines of NATO Summit, in London in early December. Libya concerns Athens is also closely monitoring Turkey’s efforts to enhance and stabilise its presence in Libya, supporting the UN-recognised
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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign Policytransitional period remains to be seen. Greece held good relations with the eastern government in Libya...-Cypriot sides have many issues to consider ahead of new Cyprus talks. Libya developments Greece... and the Prime Minister of Libya by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva. A statement released
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims... former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis, arguing that he did a good job before resigning after
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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... against the tender by the existing TV channels, most of whom failed to win permits in the recent... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week
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