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Greece
Greek Gov't Tables Bill to Reopen ERT
A bill paving the way for the reopening of Greek public broadcaster ERT was tabled by the government on April 1. The draft law was tabled after an Athens court ruled that some 3,000 ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) employees...
Greece
Journalist Theodorakis Sets Up Political Party
Noted Greek TV journalist Stavros Theodorakis said he's leaving the major network station Mega and the newspaper Ta Nea and giving up his profession to enter politics and create a new European policy to foster a broader Leftist movement.
According...
Economy
Mass Firings Seen Set at ERT
Under the pressure of the Troika for the shrinking of the public sector staff, Samaras' government is planning radical changes in the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation.
The government is considering using...
Greece
Greece Yanks TV Show for Criticizing Minister
Continuing a crackdown on journalists attacking government policies, Greece has pulled a popular morning news show off the state-run network that is funded with mandatory contributions from taxpayers after the program’s presenters asked if a government minister would resign...
Greece
Greek TV's Censor of Gay Kiss Causes Furor
Greek state broadcaster NET has denied that it censored a gay kissing scene from the premier of the British-American hit television drama Downtown Abbey at the demand of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and a religious leader, saying it...
Cyprus
Struggling Christofias Sets Cyprus' Agenda for EU Presidency
ATHENS - Failing to meet his goal of finding peace with Turks occupying the northern third of the island and with his country’s banks needing a bailout to stay solvent, Cypriot President Demetrios Christofias laid out plans for what...
Economy
Greek Workers Threaten Action Strikes, Papandreou’s Security Bill In
ATHENS – As the Greek government readied more pay cuts and tax hikes for the country’s beleaguered workers, middle-class, poor and pensioners, the main civil servants union ADEDY said it’s ready to strike back, angry over a scheme that...