Greece
Greece
Dionysis Tsaknis in Patras for the Family Association "Oxygono""
A big concert will take place on the 17th of October, at 21:00 pm, at the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras for the physical and moral reinforcement and support of the association.
Dionysis Tsaknis, who is...
entertainment
ERT President Tsaknis: 'Greek Eurovision Song Will Pay Tribute to Refugees'
Dionysis Tsaknis, the president of the Greek public broadcaster ERT announced that Greece’s song for the 61st Eurovision Song Contest, in Stockholm will touch on the subjects of the refugee and financial crisis. In a way, he believes that...
entertainment
Influential Greek Musician Lavrentis Machairitsas Dies at 63
Popular Greek rock musician Lavrentis Machairitsas, who has produced dozens of records over the decades, has died in the early hours of Monday, apparently of heart failure. He was 63.
Machairitsas, who had been vacationing at his summer home in...
Greece
Chairman of Greek Public Broadcaster ERT Resigns
Dionysis Tsaknis, the chairman of ERT; the Greek Public Broadcaster, has resigned from his post following speculation of an argument with the newly appointed CEO Kostopoulos.
Tsaknis was appointed to his post in May 2015, by the SYRIZA-led government.
According to...
Greece
ERT to Stop Broadcasting Golden Dawn Speeches Live
Public television channel ERT announced on Monday it will no longer broadcast live the speeches or events of Golden Dawn MPs, while a committee will decide whether to broadcast recorded material. The decision comes after the furore caused over...
Greece
A Free Broadcaster Starts with Interrogation in Greece
The session of the Parliamentary Committee on Institutions and Transparency to approve the appointment of the board of directors of the national broadcaster (ERT) turned into another show of dictatorial behavior by Greek House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou.
Only a few...
Greece
Greek National Broadcaster ERT to Reopen Next Monday
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with newly appointed director Dionysis Tsaknis and CEO Lambis Tagmatarchis of national broadcaster ERT, which had been renamed NERIT by the previous government, and announced that it will reopen next Monday, May 25.
Tsipras informed the two men...
Economy
National Broadcaster ERT Reopens Amid Disagreements
The former employees of national broadcaster ERT took over the building of NERIT -- as it is called now -- since today is the day ERT is reinstated and they are getting their jobs back.
The employees, who had been...
Greece
Great Concert Dedicated to Late Beloved Singer Dimitris Mitropanos
A great concert dedicated to late beloved folk singer Dimitris Mitropanos will take place on September 10 at the Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki as an initiative of the Elderle Care Center of Thessaloniki (KAPI).
“Dimitris Mitropanos, who so suddenly left...
Greece
"The Angels Still Live in the Mediterranean" Concert with Greek and Foreign Artists
“Today we are all Greeks.” That was the slogan of the concert thrown last night, June 9, in Kallimarmaro (Panathinaiko Stadium) by Greek singer Lavredis Macheritsas and a number of local and foreign artists, attended by some 38,000-odd people.
Artists...