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11 hrs ago | The Guardian

ERT shutdown: Greece puts pressure on Israeli firm over state broadcaster

Greek state broadcaster ERT has stayed on air, despite an order by the government to close.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Age

ERT protest

Off the air: Protesters march in solidarity with employees of Greek state broadcaster ERT in Thessaloniki on Sunday.

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EKathimerini

Agenda

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to meet European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Androulla Vassiliou before holding talks with coalition partners Evangelos Venizelos of PASOK and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left regarding the future of state broadcaster ERT at 7.30 p.m. The Athens Institute for Education and ... (more)

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

AVHerald

AMC B738 at Thessaloniki on Jun 15th 2013, overran runway on landing

An AMC Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Astra Airlines Greece, registration SU-BPZ performing flight A2-921 from Novosibirsk to Thessaloniki with 160 passengers, landed on Thessaloniki's runway 16 at about 07:14L but overran the end of the runway by about 110 meters/360 feet and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground.

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Daily Kos

Do I think Nazism is back? Yes

In watching Greece the country where we got the word we use to describe our political make up, democracy.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Advanced-television.com

EBU gets ERT back on air

The European Broadcasting Union has taken the step of putting Greek broadcaster ERT's news coverage back on air, allowing Greek satellite subscribers to watch NET, the station's news channel, on television.

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UPI

Greek state broadcast transmissions get help from Europe

The European Broadcast Union resumed transmission of Greek state television Thursday as a massive strike protested the closing of the national broadcaster.

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The China Post

Greeks battle to stop scrapping of state broadcaster

Greek political parties and unions battled Wednesday to reverse the shock shutdown of state broadcaster ERT as a storm brewed over the conservative-led government's latest austerity cutback.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

SFGate

State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity

Supporters stand outside the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Huffington Post

Greece Shutting Down State Media To Save Money

Greek state TV and radio have begun going off the air, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts, with the loss of about 2,500 job cuts, as part of its cost-cutting drive.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Shock as Greece shuts down public broadcaster

Greece's government on Tuesday announced the immediate closure of public television and radio broadcaster ERT, in a shock move that affects nearly 2,700 jobs.

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EKathimerini

Thessaloniki police break up baby-selling ring

Police in Thessaloniki have arrested two men and three women, all Bulgarian nationals, following a sting operation in which the suspects attempted to sell a newborn baby boy to two undercover police officers posing as a married couple for 15,000 euros.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Dear Kitty

Greece, racism and anti-racism

European Union criticises the establishment's failure to deal with violence in a country suffering from effects of harsh budget cuts: here .

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

EKathimerini

Thousands celebrate Athens Pride

Thousands of Athenians and foreign visitors paraded through the streets of central Athens on Saturday evening, celebrating the ninth installment of Athens Pride, a march to promote tolerance and diversity organized by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community .

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

CNN

Rabies Outbreak in Greece

The World Organisation For Animal Health have received confirmation yesterday from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food , ATHENS, Greece of the 14th case of RABIES in an 8 month period.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

EKathimerini

Tax crackdown on lawyers, doctors

A recent crackdown by agents of the Financial Crimes Squad on Greek doctors and lawyers has highlighted widespread tax evasion with a handful of professionals having concealed millions of euros in income, Kathimerini has learned.

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Mashable

10 People Who Take Doughnuts Too Seriously

We're not going to lie, doughnuts are kind of amazing. They look nice. They smell nice.

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The Independent

Simon Calder: No medals for the golden Dove on a flight to Olympus

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

AlertNet

Special Report-The island fighting for a new Greece

When George Papandreou declared Greece was effectively bankrupt in April 2010, the former prime minister chose to do so standing by the sparkling harbour waters of Kastelorizo, a remote Aegean island.

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Common Dreams

Naomi Klein: 'Anti-Shock Doctrines' Show the Way to Resist

In the midst of the current "final colonial pillage" for natural resources and a bombardment of "there is no alternative" to austerity messages, Shock Doctrine author Naomi Klein urged the left to seize this "crucial moment" to build real resistance movements that offer a "message of critical hope."

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