The first public opinion poll after the deadly train collision on February 28 was published by ANT1 TV on Thursday. Overwhelming majority of citizens want thorough investigation of the crash, while ruling New Democracy is suffering vote intention losses. In voting intention, the conservative Mitsotakis government New Democracy has lost …
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Mitsotakis dismisses newspaper wiretapping claims as “shame and disgrace”
A newspaper report claiming more than 30 people, including ministers and business-people, were under state surveillance via phone malware has been dismissed as lacking any evidence by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. “There is absolutely no evidence and there is no connection with me,” Mitsotakis said of the article, which appeared …
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Popular satire show “Radio Arvyla” fires co-host over “revenge porn” allegations
A popular Greek TV satire show has fired one of its four co-hosts after allegations surfaced that he had shared intimate images of his ex-partner on porn websites. “Stathis Panagiotopoulos is no longer part of Radio Arvyla,” announced key host Antonis Kanakis in Monday’s episode of the popular show. “We …
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Pig chases ANT1 TV reporter on live broadcast (video)
A pig tried to steal the show from a Greek journalist on Tuesday as he was doing a live broadcast. Lazos Mantikos, from the local Greek channel Antenna TV, was reporting live from the town of Kineta, which was struck by heavy storms that caused severe flooding. While he was …
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Macron does not rule out new aid for Greece in August 2018
Europe has to say no to additional measures that hamper growth in Greece, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised interview given jointly to the public broadcaster ERT and the private channel ANT1. He sent the message that “we must move away from Europe of austerity and assume our …
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Minos Kyriakou, shipping magnate and ANT1 owner, dies at 75
Famous Greek businessman Minos Kyriakou passed away at the age of 75 on Sunday evening. The reasons for his sudden and unexpected death have not become known by now. While awaiting for the official hospital statement, Greek media report that Kyriakou was outside the Greek capital when he felt uneasy. …
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Tsipras says additional measures won’t be implemented if no debt relief deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the additional austerity measures 2019-2020 will not be implemented if there is no measures for debt relief. In an interview to private ANT1 TV on Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister clarified that the government will legislate for the additional pension cuts and higher …
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Mainstream media fear-mongering campaign against SYRIZA
This was certainly one of the most fear-mongering propaganda launched by journalists to influence voter. Fined-tuned with the government propaganda against main opposition left-wing SYRIZA before the elections for the European Parliament last Sunday. It was one of Greece’s biggest private television channels that for consecutive three consecutive days it …
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Parliament lifts immunity of Golden Dawn MP over punching communist MP
With 205 votes in favor members of the Greek Parliament lifted the parliamentary immunity of Ilias Kasidiaris, Golden Dawn MP and spokesman of the extreme-right party. On 7. June 2012, during a live TV show, Ilias Kasidiaris punched Liana Kanelli, MP from Greek Communist Party (KKE) after he had thrown …
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Athens: Protests Outside TV Station Against Turkish Series
Members from seven associations held a protest outside the offices of private broadcaster ANT1 in Marousi, Athens, against Turkish TV-series broadcast in prime time. Organisations of refugees from Asia Minor and Istanbul but also from Cyprus gathered outside ANT1 at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, on the anniversary of the national …
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Golden Dawn MP Sues Victims, TV Station and Journalist Over Punch-up and Water-Throwing
Ilia Kasidiaris, the spokesman of extreme-right Golden Dawn and MP for 48 hours after May 6 elections, finally appeared before the prosecutor: In order to file suits against punch-victim KKE-MP Liana Kanelli and water-victim SYRIZA-MP Rena Dourou. Further he filed tow more suits against TV station and programme host ANT1 as …
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Golden Dawn MP Kasidiaris To Sue Those Who “Incited” Him to Punch…
Ilias Kasidiaris, the MP of extreme-right party who punched a Communist MP and threw water to a left-wing MP, will sue those physically and morally responsible for the incident. In a statement published at the website of Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn), Kasidiaris wrote that he regrets “for being personally and involuntarily …
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Golden Dawn MP Kasidiaris Still on the Run After Punch-Up
Ilias Kasidiaris, 32, spokesman of extreme-right Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) and member of the Greek Parliament for a couple of days is still on the run, more than 24 hours after he punched a female Communist KKE MP and threw water at another one from left-wing SYRIZA. Criticism is high …
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Greek “Radio Arvyla” Mocks Channel-4: “Go Greek For A Week” (video)
It wasn’t unexpected that Greeks would leave Channel-4’s reality show unanswered. Greek TV Satire show “Radio Arvyla” (Radio Buzz) created a trailer to a Greek version of a rea show “Go Greek for a Week”. Enjoy! Radio Arvyla Trailer in English embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt dictionary: “mal*kas” = jackass, assh**e …
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Hey, Psit! We are …”Turks” now! Hayda, Sinanay, Yavrum, Sinanay..
I hardly watch television between 9-11 pm but today, tired of strikes and taxes, wanted to watch something light to amuse myself. And there came the shock! I zapped ANT1 and there was a Turkish series. I zapped MEGA… and I thought my tele-control wasn’t working because I hear “Turkish” again. …
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