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Newsletter 485 - 21/11/2025
and ranking as Europe’s top cruise terminal and third-largest container port. Against this backdrop... of Piraeus, Mitsotakis told the Wall Street Journal in September that his government would honour
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Thinking outside of the box
Agoraof accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead... been one of the fundamental reasons for a shocking erosion of trust in Greek TV stations. According
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Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA rare live TV appearance by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday night provided little... appearance on the Star TV show, the premier said he expects the institutions’ heads of mission... in a TV interview on Sunday that the EU cannot “abandon” Greece and leave it to deal with the crisis
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
The government frames the issuing of permits as the first genuine attempt to regulate the TV broadcasting sector... of accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead
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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis has given his first TV interview since his shock victory in the SYRIZA... about the parties’ abilities. Kasselakis spoke to Star TV on Thursday and started off by criticising... a little more about his political ideas in Thursday’s TV interview, having played his cards close to his
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One unicorn does not a Silicon Valley make: positive news on startup front also highlights limitations
EconomyFeaturesRecord investments in Greek startups and a number of headline-grabbing exits – including Greece’s first “unicorn” – have generated a lot of interest in the space which the government views as a national success story. A closer look at the numbers reveal...
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agorainterventions of its leader, Pablo Iglesias, on several TV talk shows– contrasted with the huge support... of online followers has soared while its presence on TV has exponentially risen to an extreme... in a TV debate. As a result, Iglesias has 100,000 more followers on Twitter than the Spanish prime
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Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek Politicsreceived are likely to act as deterrents to Lafazanis and his colleagues. A Marc poll for Alpha TV... government has the overwhelming support of voters at the moment. Marc poll for Alpha TV: What's your... ready to accept a compromise. The Marc poll for Alpha TV indicates that 56 percent of Greeks want
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Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsat New Democracy, where Antonis Samaras insists on not stepping down. A GPO poll for Mega TV made... the leftist party by 12.1 percentage points. GPO poll for Mega TV SYRIZA 35.1% New Democracy 23 Potami 6 G...’s situation would have been worse if New Democracy had won January’s election. GPO poll for Mega TV
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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicsjournalists and set out his party’s positions. During the part shown on Greek TV, he insisted... was shown on TV for 45 mins in line with the electoral rules, but Tsipras continued to take questions after... and lowering VAT, before new elections would be called. In a TV interview on Tuesday night, Mitsotakis
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