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Tsipras responds to criticism of SYRIZA record in bid to rally support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras’s interview with Skai TV almost a year on after he issued a ban on SYRIZA officials... as possible. SYRIZA has had a troubled relationship with the TV channel, particularly since 2015... up the penal code. The impression left by Tsipras’s interview on Skai TV is that it is highly
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PM offers vision of stronger post-pandemic Greece, as ND reaps approval in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the TV screens for the fourth time in a month was clearly prompted by concerns in government and expert... the Easter weekend, including a ban on all car traffic. However, the TV address stuck to the bigger... overwhelmingly approve of the government’s handling of the pandemic. An MRB poll for Star TV showed that 8
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politics. Speaking on Open TV, Petsas said that, “putting off difficult decisions such as school openings, does.... In a separate interview to Ant1 TV, Deputy Education Minister Vassilis Digalakis confirmed the decision to go... of testing by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. In remarks made during an interview with Skai TV
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Christos Staikouras said in a TV interview that New Democracy is prepared to dip into Greece’s..., that the spending would not concern just arms purchases. Staikouras told Alpha TV that “if possible... Gerapetritis also confirmed in an TV interview that discussions are taking place about ways
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High hopes for Pompeo visit as new row brews over media handouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, this time only TV channels will benefit from the handouts. Earlier in the year, Petsas awarded 20 million... to TV channels “to buy their silence or pro-government stance.” The government spokesman has argued... and that the best way of reaching people is via nationwide TV channels.
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted... of an effort to create a licencing procedure, with national TV broadcasters having to meet certain... to introduce more flexible forms of labour. The unions reacted by pulling the plug on TV news bulletins
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Impending lockdown decision highlights cabinet tensions, casts unflattering spotlight on experts
PoliticsGreek Politicson to the airwaves. On Tuesday, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias told Open TV that he was about... impending interview on Skai TV’s evening news is no doubt intended to rectify the appearance..., called on experts to stay off the TV and “stop filling the airwaves with nonsense”. The criticism
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested in a TV interview that the government had started vaccinating the 30-39 age group because... Democracy’s own failings in managing the virus. He argued during his TV appearance that Mitsotakis... or schools,” the opposition leader told Ant-1 TV. “The easy part is to decide a lockdown, the hard part
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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
that ethnic Greeks had been killed in Ukraine, but speaking to Alpha TV on Thursday, the premier made... Georgiadis told Athens channel Blue Sky TV on Tuesday that the measure would be an extension of what... according to the findings of a poll by Pulse for Skai TV conducted on the first day of hostilities
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PM stands by Ukraine decision, feels vindicated on defence and foreign policies
PoliticsGreek Politicswith his rivals. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Thursday, Mitsotakis made it clear that he believes... insisted in his own TV interview shortly after the PM that sending arms to Ukraine was the wrong... after the PM’s TV interview claiming that he “clearly does not believe in national consensus
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