The tender for the TV licences will be conducted according to the existing law. The procedure restarts normally, noted Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas to the Press.

"There is a result and we will move forward based on this," State Minister Nikos Pappas said early on Thursday in statements to public broadcaster ERT after the announcement of the State Council's decision on TV licences.

The government was "half-hearted in measures that we believe could be implemented in a different way," Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas said in an exclusive interview with DW on Wednesday.