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Dutch Journalist who Caused Stir over Migrants “Bullied” Out of Greece
Dutch journalist Ingeborg Beugel, who caused a stir after questioning Greek PM Mitsotakis on migrant pushbacks last week, stated on Wednesday that she has left Greece after allegedly facing attacks and bullying.
The Dutch journalist, who has lived in Greece...
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Journalists’ Organization Presses Government on Karaivaz Murder
Six months after the murder of Greek investigative reporter, Giorgos Karaivaz, the group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is asking the Greek government to speed up the investigation.
The prominent Greek journalist was brutally murdered on the morning of April 9, 2021...
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Greek Journalist Fired for Racist Remark on Asians During Tokyo Olympics
Dimosthenis Karmoiris, a veteran Greek journalist who specializes in sports, was fired earlier this week by ERT.
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Yet Another Journalist Murdered in Greece: What is Going on?
The murder of a journalist in Greece is always a shocking event that shakes the foundations of a nation's core freedoms.
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Greek Journalist Shot and Killed Outside Home in Athens
Greek journalist Giorgos Karaivaz was murdered outside of his home in the Athenian suburb of Alimos Friday.
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Greek Journalist Wins Libel Case Against Former Government Officials
Greek journalist Thanos Dimadis recently won a long legal battle in his libel case against media representatives and officials associated with the former SYRIZA administration.
Dimadis, who also is an author and the current President of the Association of Foreign Press...
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Anarchists Vandalize Home of Prominent Greek Journalist
Self-styled anarchists belonging to the Rouvikonas (Rubicon) group vandalized the home of a prominent Greek journalist in Athens on Thursday night, spray painting slogans on the walls and throwing leaflets at his door.
Aris Portosalte, a journalist for Skai TV,...
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Greece Condemns Fascist Attack Against Journalist in Athens
The Greek government has condemned what it termed the “fascist attack” against a German journalist during an extreme-right demonstration in Athens on Saturday.
Thomas Jacobi, an Athens correspondent of the French newspaper Croix and the German television channel Deutsche Welle...
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Prominent Journalist and Author Dimitris Lymperopoulos Dies at 95
Dimitris Lymperopoulos, a senior journalist and author died on Saturday at the age of 95.
Lymperopoulos had a long career in journalism.
As a young reporter, he managed to get exclusive interviews with the world's most famous figures, such as Aristotle...
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Molotov Cocktails Thrown At Police Station, Journalist's Car in Athens
A group of approximately ten people wearing hooded sweatshirts attacked the Kaisariani police station throwing Molotov cocktails at around four o'clock in the morning local time (02:00 GMT+1), only two hours after the car belonging to the famous Greek...
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Greek Photojournalist Wins Pulitzer Prize
Reuters photojournalist Alkis Konstantinidis has just won the Pulitzer Prize in the "Breaking News Photography" category along with other photographers of the multimedia news provider.
Reuters photographers Mike Blake, Lucy Nicholson, Loren Elliott, Edgard Garrido, Adrees Latif, Goran Tomasevic, Kim...
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Prominent Greek Journalist Vassilis Lyritzis Dies at 62
Vassilis Lyritzis, one of the most famous and recognizable figures in Greek journalism, died on Tuesday morning at the early age of 62.
The sad news of his death was announced by Dimitris Economou, a friend and co-presenter of Lyritzis'...
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World-Renowned Photojournalist Yannis Behrakis Dies at 58
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis has died, the Greek Reporter has learned. According to family members, Behrakis was battling cancer and died of the disease in Athens, Greece on March 2. He was 58 years old.
One of the best...
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European Parliament Approves Financial Aid for 550 Redundant Greek Journalists
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved an economic aid package worth €2,308,500 to 550 redundant media workers in Greece.
In a statement, the parliament said "550 media workers dismissed by three publishing companies will receive EU aid worth €2,308,500 ...
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Greek Journalist Stamos Zoulas Dies at 81
Stamos Zoulas, the former editor-in-chief of Kathimerini, one of Greece's most respected daily newspapers, died in Athens on Tuesday aged 81.
Zoulas was born in 1937 and studied political science at the Panteion University in Athens. He began his career...