Greek Politics
TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
The auction for four broadcasting licenses on Greece’s national digital TV network dragged on into a third day on Thursday, with the results expected by the evening.
Determined talk from Tsipras as negotiations with lenders move closer
In his first printed press interview for several weeks, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have raised the stakes ahead of negotiations with the country’s lenders resuming.
Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared alongside Europe’s socialist leaders in France on Thursday in an apparent pre-cursor to the resumption of negotiations between Athens and its lenders from next month.
Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
The government attempted on Wednesday to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the latest prosecution of the former head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, over Greece’s 2009 deficit figure.
Mitsotakis looks for fresh start as PASOK and Potami ponder way forward
After moving the party to new and cheaper headquarters a few days ago, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is aiming to convey the message of renewal directly to voters.
Apart from bailout review, plenty to keep Tsipras busy in autumn
With the summer holidays winding down, focus in Greece is gradually shifting to the varied tasks that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face this autumn, both domestically and on the European and international stages.
Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras
New Democracy moved into new headquarters on Thursday in what its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, hopes will be a move with high symbolic, as well as practical value.
Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried on Tuesday to rule out the possibility of snap elections, or at least remove the subject from the current political agenda.
Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
The final list of companies that will be competing for the four national TV licenses on the digital network that the government is due to put to tender later this month was announced on Thursday.
Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
Reports that the Culture Ministry has launched a bid to categorise almost the entire area of the former Athens airport, known as Hellenikon, as an archaeological site, a move that could jeopardise the bid to redevelop the largely abandoned space, appear to have highlighted SYRIZA’s unpredictably, although the government insists that the impact of the move has been exaggerated.