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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTV licence tender had fallen apart in “legal, political and moral” terms, with the conservatives... last year the government has held up the TV tender as a prime example of its self-professed attempt... as having close ties with some SYRIZA ministers, was one of the four successful bidders in the TV auction
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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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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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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agoraof public finances. Since then, the prevailing narrative has been what I called the “Berlin View”, calling... to an overinflated public sector, and to a serious loss of competitiveness. The Berlin View.... Barring exceptional circumstances, the Berlin View considers aggregate demand management useless
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo issues that have been thorns in the government’s side in recent weeks: The TV licence tender... Mitsotakis had all expressed a view on which way the court ruling should go. Tsipras insisted there was no chance of the court deeming the TV auction to be unconstitutional, even though
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Mainstream parties lose steam as Mitsotakis accuses opposition of trying to topple government
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen a cover-up over the circumstances of the accident. According to the Alco poll for Alpha TV... suggest that a substantial portion of the public takes a dim view of anti-establishment parties. In the GPO survey, 51 percent of respondents took this view, while 66 percent do not view them as a viable
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009... seemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side
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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politics. We stand ready to ask for a revision of these dates in view of the next scheduled Eurogroup meeting... agreement that during this period the Greek state will be funded under a minimalist menu that solves
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Poll reaffirms positive view of Putin among Greeks
Societyof a survey which show that Greeks have a generally favourable view of Russia and its leader. The survey... that they had a positive view of him. This was counterbalanced by the negative views which Greek... of trustworthiness as well as personal opinion, and reflects the view which many Greeks have of him
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How economic sanctions on Russia could affect Greek economy
Agoraeconomy as a whole, with a view to pinpointing the areas at greatest risk from the sanctions... and a national TV channel. Savvidis holds Greek nationality in addition to Russian and is therefore... residence scheme. The situation remains fluid, and it is possible that sanctions may be extended
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