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ERT Reshaper Kapsis Will Quit

Greece 's Deputy Culture Minister Pantelis Kapsis, who was brought on board to direct replacement of the closed former national broadcaster ERT with a new station in the face in withering criticism, said he will leave the government in...

Northern Greece to Have its Own Public Television Channel, Kapsis Says

Northern Greece is to have its own public television channel with nationwide coverage, based in the city of Thessaloniki, said the Deputy Minister for Public Television, Pantelis Kapsis. "Based on the operational plan of the board of New Hellenic Radio, Internet and...

Hellenic Public Radio Television Moving into ERT

Almost a month after the police evacuation of ERT  on November 7, the new Hellenic Public Radio Television is moving into the premises of ERT. The process has begun and it appears that everything is progressing without a big fuss. Pantelis...

ERT Workers Caught Asleep By Police Raid

The order by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative party leader who convinced his coalition partner, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos to drop his objections to a Nov. 7 dawn riot police raid to oust former...

Greek Public Television Is On Air

Deputy Minister  for Public Broadcasting, Pantelis Kapsis said on June 10 that national broadcaster ERT, shut down on June 11,  will be on air again until a replacement station called NERIT gets up and running. The interim station will...

Still No Agreement on ERT

Greek undersecretary, Pantelis Kapsis, who has been charged with the reform of Greek state broadcaster ERT, along with representatives of workers and journalists held another meeting with the public broadcaster that once again ended without having reached an agreement. According...

EBU Makes New Call for Athens to Reopen ERT

The European Broadcasting Union has called again on Greece to reopen its public broadcaster, ERT, while it attempts to overhaul the organization as daily Kathimerini reported. In a statement released as the EBU held its 70th general assembly in Malta,...

ERT Workers Unpaid During Occupation

Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras on June 26 warned former workers of the closed ERT national broadcaster who are maintaining an occupation and sending out programs via the Internet and satellite that they won't get severance pay as long...

Golden Dawn's Leader Has Warped Sense of History, Says There Were 'No Gas Chambers' in Nazi Concentration Camps

Nikos Michaloliakos is the leader of the Greek political party Golden Dawn, now representing 6.97% of the Greek citizens in Parliament. Michaloliakos gave an interview to journalist Stavros Theodorakis, whose show broadcasts social and humanitarian subjects, in a bid to...

Greek Prime Minister to Visit Cyprus

Greek Prime Minister Loucas Papademos will be paying an official visit to Cyprus on April 5 and 6, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Stavros Demas, Minister of State Pantelis Kapsis and government officials. President of the Republic of Cyprus...