Council of State

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing a substantial structural overhaul of his cabinet that includes the establishment of new ministries and renaming of others, with his decisions having been approved already by the Council of State. It is uncertain...

The Greek government scrapped the plan to introduce an interim bill that would allow for temporary broadcasting licenses, after the opposition parties' refusal to consent. Main opposition New Democracy did not agree to the formation of the new National Council...

The international media focused on the blow received by Greece’s media after the Council of State, a top court in Greece, annulled the auction of broadcasting licenses that was held in September. The law that the SYRIZA government had...

The Plenary of the Council of State voted 14-11 against the controversial TV license law the SYRIZA government had implemented to restrict national TV licences to 4.

The Council of State meeting on Monday ended without a decision on whether the bill on broadcast licensing is in line with the Constitution, and will reconvene on Wednesday. The judges of Greece's highest administration court met for over three...

A possible negative decision by the Council of State on the government’s TV licensing law will be a bad development for the operation of democracy, State Minister Nikos Pappas said on Friday, speaking to radio station Real FM. He said...

The Council of State (CoS) plenum will meet on October 24 and 26 to discuss and decide on the constitutionality and legality of the government’s TV licensing law in two closed-door sessions, the president of the court Nikolaos Sakellariou...

New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras for undermining democratic institutions and trying to manipulate the justice system to suit his own interests. "We have an economic crisis; we cannot afford a democracy crisis as well," the...

State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the Greek media landscape would return to its previous condition of unlicensed television stations if the Council of State (CoS) ruled that the TV license law was unconstitutional. He made this statement on...

The accusations of government newspaper Avgi against the vice president of Greece's highest administration court have caused an uproar in light of the ongoing session on television licensing. Avgi published the name of the Council of State vice president who...