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Greek Government Tries to Turn Society Against Journalists

Since the Q&A between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and ALPHA TV journalist Evangelia Tsikrika during his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, the Greek government has started an open war against media and journalists who criticize its policies. After Tsipras...

PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis Makes Offer to Purchase Alpha TV

One of the four contenders who lost the television license tender that took place for Greece's television stations last week has offered to purchase Alpha TV. Greek-Russian businessman, Ivan Savvidis, owner of Thessaloniki soccer club PAOK, made an offer to buy the...

Tsipras Appears Nervous and Cynical at Thessaloniki Fair

  (The Cartoon belongs to Ilias Makris from Kathimerini newspaper)  Τhe podium that boosted Alexis Tsipras' rise to power in two consecutive elections proved to be his Waterloo in 2016. Tsipras' speeches at the Thessaloniki International Fair in 2014 and 2015...

Hellenic Federation of Enterprises: Closing of TV Stations Will Cost €1.7 Bln

The Greek state will lose 1.7 billion euros in revenues in a 10-year period from the closure of television stations, says the weekly newsletter of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV). The newsletter notes that "there is no example of...

New Democracy Chief Promises Greeks 30% Slash on Property Tax

New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday pledged that he will slash the single property tax (ENFIA) by 30 percent within two years if his party comes to power. Mitsotakis gave an interview on SKAI television, one of the two...

Poll in Greece: New Democracy 10 Points Ahead of SYRIZA

New Democracy is 10 points ahead of SYRIZA in a new opinion poll on intention to vote that was released on Monday. The survey was conducted by the Research Institute of the University of Macedonia on behalf of SKAI television...

The TV License Tender Travesty Was All About Mass Media State Control

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Friday that the results of the television license tender put an end to 27 years of corruption and lawlessness in the media field and sends foreign investors the message that there are rules...

Greek PM: We Will Give Money from TV License Sale to the Poor

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Friday that the revenues from the four television licenses will be distributed to vulnerable social groups. The prime minister spoke during the inauguration of a section of the Athens-Patras national highway, following the...

The Next Day of National Broadcasting in Greece Finds Many Unemployed, Indignant, Bitter

After the television license tender that finished early Friday morning with four winners, the next day in national broadcasting in Greece finds four established television stations at the stage where they have 90 days to stop broadcasting. Three emblematic TV...

Athens Journalists' Union Calls Gov't TV License Tender 'Poorly Staged Reality Show'

As the television license tender is in its final stages the Athens Journalists' Union has called out the dramatic tender process and controversial procedure as a “poorly-staged reality show.” The Greek government is being criticized for taking the measure of...