EBU
Greece
Coronavirus Fears Cause Cancellation of Eurovision Song Contest for 2020
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon announcing the cancellation of this year's Eurovision Song Contest due to the coronavirus pandemic.
''It is with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation of the Eurovision...
entertainment
Greece Allowed to Participate in 2015 Eurovision Song Contest
Greece will be allowed to participate in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, as state broadcaster NERIT became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Greece's participation in the 2015 competition was at stake since NERIT was not a...
Greece
Will Greece Participate in the Eurovision 2015 Song Contest?
Greece is unlikely to participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Austria, as the deadline for participants has expired.
NERIT, the successor of Greece's public broadcaster ERT that was abruptly shut down by the Greek government in June 2013, has...
Greece
Antoniadou Journalists’ Union 1st Female President
Taking the helm during a tumultuous time when Greek newspapers are teetering and many journalists are working for reduced, or in some cases, no pay for long periods to time, Maria Antoniadou was elected President of the Greek Journalists’...
Greece
New Greek State TV Shows News
Two months after the government turned off the public television network and fired all 2,656 of its workers in an economy move, the interim station began airing news programs on Aug. 21 and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) stopped...
Greece
EBU to Cease Streaming Greece’s ERT
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said it will stop streaming former Greek public service broadcaster ERT from tomorrow, amid reports that its temporary replacement Greek Public Television (EDT) will broadcast news services this week.
In a statement, the European public...
Economy
ERT Giving Way to NERIT
While former workers of the closed national broadcaster ERT continued to send out a pirate signal via satellite and the Internet and protest their firing, a bill making way for the replacement station, the New Hellenic Radio Internet and...
Greece
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,...
Economy
ERT Staff Won't Leave Building
Fired workers of the national broadcaster ERT, which was shut down on June 11 by the government, are still operating from their old headquarters via satellite and over the Internet, with the help of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)...
events
ERT Employees: We Won't Give Up
Famous Greek rock singer, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, will sing on the evening of June 21 in front of the building of ERT, participating in the events in support of the Greek Broadcasting Corporation.
ERT employees answer to the agreement that the...