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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-26Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Kalogritsas withdraws from the TV licence procedure; Antenna TV pays first installmentYiannis Kalogritsas in an announcement on Monday said that he would withdraw from the procedure for a TV licence "for reasons that everyone is aware of."He underlined that he will protect himself and his family "although he spent 3 million euros for the letter of guarantee." Earlier in the day, the firm Ioannis-Vladimiros H. Kalogritsas sent a letter to the General Secretariat for News and Communication asking for a 48-hour extension in order to pay the first installment of the amount for the TV licence. The General Secretariat for News and Communication replied: "According to the term 8.4 of the tender, the first installment of the total sum is paid within fifteen days following the announcement of the highest bidders. Therefore the above deadline is a sine qua non of the tender 1/2016 and cannot be modified." Thus the request cannot be accepted. The fourth bidder, Antenna TV paid 25,300,000 paid to the General Secretariat of Information the first installment totaling 25,300,000 euros on Monday. On Friday, Alter Ego, the company established by shipowner Evangelos Marinakis, and SKAI TV paid to the General Secretariat of Information the first installment totaling 24,633,333 euros and 14,533,333 euros respectively. [02] Debate on prior actions' bill begins in parliament committeesThe debate on the bill on the prior actions that will give the green light for the disbursement of the 2.8 billion euro loan sub-tranche started on Monday with the rapporteurs of the parties to the relevant committees in parliament.The government majority earlier in the day approved Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos' proposal for using emergency fast-track procedures because, as he said, Greece should have proceeded with all structural reforms by the Eurogroup on October 8. All opposition parties expressed their disagreement over the emergency procedure accusing the government of trying once again to pass an important bill in such a way. The bill is expected to be discussed and voted in parliament on Tuesday. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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