January 14, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
While all media and TV channels report today on soaring electricity and heating prices, state broadcaster ERT 3 advised on Friday Greeks how to keep their homes warm in an inexpensive way. Some of the ERT’s fine solutions is to have a shower with the door open and to seal …
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January 7, 2022
Sports
Stefanos Tsitsipas has reportedly been vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine against Covid-19 and will be able to take part in the Australian open, the correspondent of Greece’s state broadcaster ERT in Melbourne reported on Friday noon local time. The correspondent reported that Tsitsipas, according to sources from his …
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July 27, 2021
Sports
Greece’s state broadcaster ERT said Tuesday noon it has terminated the contract of a sports presenter after racist comments he made against Korean athletes in the morning, while he was discussing ping-pong and the Greek participation. Journalist Demosthenis Karmoiris wondered during the early morning TV show live on air about …
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June 5, 2019
Greece
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced that the government will revoke the austerity measure of broadening the tax-free basis with a draft law to come to Parliament before the early elections on July 7, 2019. In a live interview to state ERT TV on last night, Tsipras said that the draft …
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September 19, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy has announced that its lawmakers will no longer appear on panels of the state broadcaster ERT. The decision comes just a few months after ruling party SYRIZA decided to boycott private SKAI TV for “one-sided propaganda against the government.” The decision was taken in …
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October 4, 2017
Greece, Politics
Dionysis Tsaknis had submitted his resignation as President of Greece’s state broadcaster ERT after two and a half years on the post. He left criticizing the government policies on ERT as well as the powerful union of workers at the state broadcaster. According to media reports, Tsaknis decision to resign …
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September 8, 2017
Greece
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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March 7, 2017
Culture, Music
Greece has decided: Demy and the song This Is Love will represent Greece in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The national finals were held on Monday at the studios of state broadcaster ERT in Athens. The decision was determined through televoting by Greek public …
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January 31, 2017
Politics
Greece’s state broadcaster ERT will no longer broadcast live speeches and events of Golden Dawn MPs. At the same time, a commission will be established with the purpose to examine whether recorded material with and of GD party officials is transmittable or not. Public television channel ERT announced on Monday …
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March 22, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s state broadcaster ERT TV launched a short news bulletin in Arabic today. The new bulletin was broadcast at the end of 3 o’ clock news, short before 4 p.m. The program ain Arabic but also Greek subtitles, aims to provides refugees trapped in Greece with useful information. However, the …
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June 11, 2015
Very Mix
A victory for a labor injustice. Exactly two years to the date of the over-night death of Greece’s public broadcaster in the name of austerity and mass lay-offs, ERT went back On Air on Thursday morning. The revived ERT started with the national anthem and a news program at 6 …
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March 9, 2015
Politics
Seven out of ten Greeks support a “honorable compromise” with a mutually acceptable solution between the Greek government and the European partners. The public opinion survey conducted by Marc for daily Efimerida ton Syntakton refers to Government’s announced measures and future plans: To the question “if negotiations do not bridge …
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February 28, 2015
Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras outlined the first 5 legislation drafts that will be submitted to Parliament as soon as possible. The first draft law that will be submitted on Monday will concern measure to tackle the humanitarian crisis and relief measures to impoverished households. Furthermore, the Prime Minister announced …
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September 9, 2014
Very Mix
A bomb of a decision! The First Instance Court in Athens ordered the rehiring of former state broadcaster ERT personnel, some 2,000 people who were sacked overnight on June 10th 2013. The Court orders the Greek Public Administration to re-hire the sacked employees in the new state broadcaster. Specifically, the …
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June 13, 2014
Society, Uncategorized
A security guard of state broadcaster NERIT stabbed a unionist of ERT, the former Greek state broadcaster that was closed down last year. According to Greek media, the security guard had moved out to take down a black flag that the ERT unionists had hoisted. When the general secretary of …
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November 7, 2013
Politics
ERT journalists and technicians are broadcasting live the 9 o’clock evening news program. The provisional studio in form of a table has been set up in the backyard of the headquarters of the former Greek national broadcaster. The program with guests commenting on the riot police raid in the early …
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November 7, 2013
Politics
More than 15 riot police squads raided the building of former public broadcaster ERT at 4 a.m. Thursday morning. The raid took place five months after the overnight shut down of ERT on June 11th 2013. ERT personnel was sacked. Journalists and technicians had been occupying ERT since then and …
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October 10, 2013
Society
A fired ERT3 employee jumped to her death from the fifth floor of an apartment building in Thessaloniki on Wednesday evening. The ambulance and the medical team that rushed to the spot could not save the 46-year-old woman. The mother of a daughter had lost her job when the Greek …
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August 20, 2013
Politics
Bye, bye ERT. Forever. EBU has announced that it will end the streaming of ‘pirate’ ERT program as of August 21st 2013 at 9 a.m. Reason for EBU’s decision is the plan of Greek government to start news broadcast via the interim Public Broadcaster DT (Dimosia Tileorasi) which is supposed …
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June 21, 2013
Politics
Greek Finance Ministry called for the immediate evacuation of the headquarters of public broadcaster ERT under occupation by the fire personnel. In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, the Ministry announced a plan for the compensation of the dismissed 2,656 ERT personnel. In a short statement, the Finance Ministry calls …
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