April 16, 2024
Society, Strikes
Journalists in Greece are on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, April 16, to protest employers’ refusal to sign collective labor agreements in privately owned media, low wages and a threat to plurality. The strike started at 5 a.m. on Tuesday and will last until 5 a.m. on Wednesday. It affects …
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November 11, 2021
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a lawsuit against a Greek newspaper on Wednesday. The lawsuit submitted to a prosecutor’s office in Ankara refers to a front page of conservative daily “Dimokratia” two years ago. The lawsuit demands imprisonment of up to five years for four high-ranking newspaper staff …
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August 7, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A “mob” of some 15 men attacked a crew of private Open TV
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March 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias made some clarifications on Monday afternoon about the lockdown measures restricting the movement of citizens since 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2020. The clarifications refer to issues such as the number of persons allowed in a private or public car, to parents with minor children, …
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March 1, 2020
Politics, Refugees
Things got out of control in the port of Thermi in the island of Lesvos on Sunday, with locals to block migrants and refugees to disembark from dinghy with a broken engine. Not only did the locals used vulgar expressions and threats against the desperate people, they also attacked two …
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March 10, 2019
World
The German government has tightened its travel advice for Turkey, warning of possible arrests, after officials in Ankara denied accreditation to foreign journalists – some from Germany – without offering a reason. It was only last week, when the Turkish Interior Minister, Suleiman Soylu, warned that foreign tourists, journalists, academics …
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January 21, 2019
Greece, Politics
Several photo-reporters and journalists were attacked, beaten and had their equipment destroyed or stolen by extremists groups, participants of the Macedonia rally, on Sunday. One of the victims was journalist Thomas Iacobi, co-author of a documentary about the Golden Dawn, who attacked and beaten by a group of people while …
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July 20, 2018
Turkey-GR
Four Turkish nationals have been arrested and taken to prosecutor for illegally entering a forbidden military zone in the area of Evros in Northern Greece. According to their own information, two of them are journalists and two Turkish nationals who are legally in Greece as residents in Thessaloniki. The four …
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May 4, 2018
Greece
A group of some 80 far-right extremists have attacked journalists and photo reporters covering the visit of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the island of Lesvos on Thursday night. According to athensnewsagency, the extremists threw stones and flares at journalists and police, targeted also locals opposing the violence. The owner …
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March 10, 2018
Very Mix
Two German journalists were detained for entering a military restricted zone near the border village of Praggi close to the city of Didymoteicho. The journalists of state broadcaster ARD were detained by Greek military on Friday afternoon and were taken to police station of the city where they remain. The …
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January 18, 2018
Greece, Politics
Reporters covering the assassination of Greek mafioso Vassilis Stefanakos on Wednesday complained that they became target of attacks by ‘individuals’ they alleged they were affiliated with the victim. The Union demands immediate investigation by Minister of Public Order saying police did nothing to prevent the attacks. ” They built a …
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September 19, 2017
Greece, Politics
Clashes between anarchists and police broke out on Monday night during a march to commemorate Pavlos Fyssas, the rapper who was stabbed to death by a Golden Dawn member in Keratsini suburb of Piraeus on 18. September 2013. The anarchists hurled molotov cocktail bombs at police who responded with flash-bang …
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April 22, 2017
Politics, World
Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency for years and on the group’s country liaison offices in dozens of countries such as Austria, Greece. Belgium, Spain, Denmark and the United States, German magazine Der Spiegel said. The BND spied also the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, …
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December 20, 2016
Very Mix
For the first time in its operation, one of Greece’s historical newspapers did not go on print. Journalists, technical and administrative personal at TA NEA launched a 24-hour strike claiming their salaries. the strike was joined also by other workers at the media of Lambrakis Press Group DOL, To Vima, …
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October 10, 2016
Society
It’s an old journalism aphorism mentioned in all books Journalism the Basics: News worth reporting is not when dog bites man but when man bites dog. In this context is is worth reporting that riot police did not use tear gas when protesting journalists and technicians came dangerously close to …
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September 8, 2016
Politics
Another one who proves that he has absolutely no idea how the world of internet works and what income one could expect. The Greek Labor Minister suggested that journalists who will lose their jobs because their employers did not manage to secure a TV license should start their own websites …
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July 25, 2016
Politics
There rumor was there and now it is reality: Turkey issued arrest warrants against 42 journalists accusing them to have connections with US-based preacher Fettulah Gulen, the alleged mastermind of the coup. One of the most prominent journalists on the list is veteran reporter and analyst Nazli Ilicak, a former …
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July 18, 2016
Politics
The moment Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was waiting for: to have the chance put all his real and fictive enemies in a bag and throw them in the water – in prison, in this case. Whether moderate Islam supporters of his ex mentor Preacher & Scholar Fettulah Gulen, whether …
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February 29, 2016
Politics
Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas banned television crew and journalists and journalists from covering the situation in refugee centers. In a statement issued on Monday, Mouzalas said: “After consultation with the coordinators of reception centers both on the islands and in Greek mainland and until further notice, no permission will …
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February 23, 2016
Politics
Greek police arrested a publisher of a small daily newspaper and two journalists on charges of blackmailing officials at utility companies, public organizations and banks. The arrest followed an extensive investigation that started already in May 2015. According to Greek media, the three men were threatening company executives and bankers …
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