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Labor and Social Security Minister Effie Achtsioglou said on Tuesday it was possible that some of the dues that 2.5 million pensioners are demanding dating to the period from 2015 to 2016 will be paid out.

Greek newspaper publisher and journalist Themos Anastasiades died on Tuesday, aged 61, after 18 months of fighting cancer. He published the daily Proto Thema.

Anastasiades graduated from the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and proceeded to work as a political and economic reporter in several newspapers.

In a ruling issued by the Council of State on Friday, it rejected an appeal by private television channel Mega against a decision by the National Broadcasting Council (ESR) to suspend the indebted channel's operation.

Responding to the appeal by Mega and 112 employees, the court noted that a law passed last year dictates that channels must have a license in order to operate.

The electronic tax platform for property owners to register income from short-term rentals as advertised on Airbnb and other websites will be up and running by the end of August, the head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR), Giorgos Pitsilis, said on Friday. 

The "expiration date" of the Greek coalition government is September 2019, the leader of the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) said on Tuesday, speaking at an evening newscast on private broadcaster ANT1.

A case file has been opened against board members of the National Radio and Television Council (ESR), the independent administrative authority that supervises and regulates Greece's radio and television market, for possible breach of duty regarding the "Game of Love" reality TV show that is under investigation for violating anti-obscenity laws.

An Athens prosecutor has ordered an investigation into whether the "Game of Love" reality TV show that is broadcast on ANT1 is in violation of anti-obscenity laws.

The probe launched on Wednesday will examine the role of  ANT1 executives and whether the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR) which monitors TV content was in breach of duty.

Greece's broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR), approved on Wednesday the applications of five media companies to receive a temporary nationwide broadcasting license, following a meeting of its board.

UK ambassador to Greece Kate Smith voiced her strong opposition to the second furlough granted on Friday to November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas.

In a message on Twitter the British diplomat wrote: "It's extremely disheartening to see an unrepentant convicted terrorist coming out of prison again."

Representatives of six media companies submitted applications on Thursday to the National Broadcasting Council (ESR) in Athens for a forthcoming tender for private television licenses.

The six applications were from the companies representing Skai, Star, Alpha, ANT1 and Epsilon and from a firm called Tileoptiki Elliniki.