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Ball in Greece's court after Skopje completes approval of name deal
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsto "Republic of North Macedonia." Now the ball is in Athens's court. Following a positive outcome... new name of North Macedonia. Next steps Speaking to Open TV last week, Tsipras stated that as soon... has said many times (including in a TV interview on Monday), that if the agreement is ratified
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
AgoraAt the start of the process to auction four TV licenses in Athens last week, one of the people... of usual suspects did not seem to herald a new era for TV in Greece. Beyond that, the start of the auction... broadcasting had been an open wound since the first private TV stations went on air in the late 1980s
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PM appoints new national security advisor as talks with Turkey hang in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he claimed on TV that the Turkish vessel Oruc Reis had been able to carry out hydrocarbon
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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek Politicsa preliminary inquiry into Pappas’s behaviour in connection to the 2016 tender for TV permits. Pappas had
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PM allows his MPs to abstain from same-sex marriage vote, puts ball in opposition court
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a wide-ranging TV interview on public channel ERT on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his position on the upcoming legislation regarding marriage equality. The prime minister said he did not intend to enforce the party line on recalcitrant right-wing MPs who have been
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Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government to launch, and oversee, a tender for four national TV licenses. The legislation has been... owners of TV licenses. The opposition has accused the government of adopting an unconstitutional approach by passing responsibility for the issuing of TV licenses to State Minister Nikos Pappas
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Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe final list of companies that will be competing for the four national TV licenses on the digital... of taxes and social security. The other seven bidders are existing TV stations Ant-1, Alpha, Star, Skai, E TV and two newcomers: One backed by construction firm owner Yiannis Kalogritsas and the other
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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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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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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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