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I
would be expecting a lot more from Greece in coming days. This is
one comment from Facebook - "Public TV and radio in Greece is
off air...Syntagma squere it's going to look like Taksim squere in
comming hours or days...dictatorship will be off air too..."
Employees
seize Greek State TV and radio HQ after govt-announced suspension
In
a letter to Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, EBU President and
EBU Director General urged him “to use all his powers to
immediately reverse this decision.”
11
June, 2013
Soon
to be laid-off ERT (Hellenic Radio and Television) employees took
over the state network’s headquarters on Tuesday night. Witnesses
said dozens of journalists and employees were flown to protests at
the building in Athens, according to Der Spiegel.
People gathered outside the Public Radio & TV HQ in Athens. RT @Balkanizator pic.twitter.com/ubbs6v9DSW #Greece #rbnews #ert
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Employees
have also called for a general media blackout in protest, reports
Reuters.
Tension runs high inside the studio of #ert where workers prepare the news bulletin of the channel against its clos. pic.twitter.com/VdMNAOY08Z
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“From this time the ERT has passed to the control of workers, not management,” said former technical director of the company, Nick Michalitsis, speaking to the assembled workers on Radiomegaro.
I wake up listening to #ERT, occupied by employees in protest at sudden death, 4 hrs left until it goes off air.
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Riot
police have been dispatched to deal with protesters, according to
local channel Avgi. There has been a further outcry from both trade
unions and junior coalition partners.
ERT
was described as a “haven of waste” by Government spokesman Simos
Kedikoglou, who made the announcement. "There are no tolerances
for "sacred cows" that remain intact when cuts are being
applied everywhere," he said in a statement. Both TV and radio
channels will go dead between midnight and early Wednesday morning,
causing their 2,500 employees to be jobless until it reopens.
The
official cutoff had initially been declared as midnight. However,
journalists continued to broadcast following a signal to stop.
#ert journos keep bro/sting even after an ultimatum is published t evacuate building after signal goes off midnight pic.twitter.com/Z2pr7XJiYM
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Kedikoglou
made assurances that they would reopen as soon as possible, stating
that “the new broadcaster will start functioning soon. The new
agency will operate with far fewer staff.” However, an approximate
date was not specified.
The
conservative government’s junior coalition partner, Democratic
Left, said in a statement on Tuesday that it would be “inconceivable”
for Greece to not have a national broadcaster.
International
organizations such as European Federation of Journalists and the
European Broadcasting Union have spoken out against the move.
Public Broadcaster in #Greece closed tonight for savings! "Absurd decision and blow to democracy", says EFJ President
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In
a letter to Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, EBU President and
EBU Director General urged him “to use all his powers to
immediately reverse this decision.”
Union
representatives of ERT workers across three terrestrial TV stations –
a satellite state and its radio network stated that they would keep
the stations on air.
The
Greek economy shrank 5.6 percent between January and March this year,
compared to the same period in 2012. The country is obliged to fire
some 2,000 civil servants by the end of the year and 15,000 by the
end of 2014.
A
nationwide strike took place on Friday during which doctors and
health workers took to the streets waving banners in protest of the
destruction of the health service, including lay-offs of some 26,5000
medical staff.
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