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  • Mass jobs losses as Greek state broadcaster ordered to reopen

    Late Monday, a ruling by Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, cancelled the June 11 decision of the government to immediately close the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with the loss of 2,700 jobs.The provisional ruling is an attempt on behalf of the Greek ruling class to manage a crisis that has threatened to spiral out of control. It stated the decree last ...

  • Greece set to seal natgas deal with Azerbaijani company

    Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Reuters. SOCAR has improved its offer to buy a 66 percent stake in the company to 400 million euros ($536 million), a price that Greece's privatization agency HRADF finds satisfying, the ...

  • Shockwaves continue after Greece pulls plug on public TV

    An employee of the Greece state broadcaster ERT gives instructions in front of monitors in the control room at the television station's headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug ...

  • Greek broadcaster ERT back on the air but still set to shrink

    Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the Greek public television and radio broadcaster ERT headquarters in Athens northern suburb, after Greece's government announced on June 11, 2013 the immediate closure of ERT in a move that reportedly affects about 2,700 jobs. Hundreds rushed to the main premises of ERT in the northern Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi to show their support, shortly ...

  • EU Tells Samaras To Turn On ERT

    The European Commission has told Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to abide by an order from the country’s highest court which ruled he should immediately restore the national broadcaster ERT he ordered shut down on June 11 and remained off the air despite the decision. "The European Commission takes into consideration the decision of the Council of State about ERT," stated ...


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  • Coalition partners in last-ditch bid to mend gov’t rift

    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partners, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left (DIMAR), are to meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday for crucial talks aimed at bridging a rift over the closure of state broadcaster ERT that has put the future of the government in doubt.Until late on Tuesday, aides to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras were working on proposals ...

  • Veteran Diplomat Stathatos Passed Away

    Stephanos Stathatos passed away on June 18 at the age of 91. The death of the honorary ambassador is a significant loss for the Diplomatic Service of Greece. Stephanos Stathatos, was a distinguished career diplomat, with special training and a high sense of duty, who made a significant contribution to shaping Greece's foreign policy. He served in Cairo, Washington and in NATO and the UN ...

  • Troika team pauses Greek inspection talks to finish end-June

    Reuters © Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras (C) speaks to the media as he leaves the Prime Minister's office in Athens June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Yorgos ...

  • TAIPED to land lottery gains

    By Alexandra Kassimi The state privatization fund (TAIPED) expects by Friday to have signed the contract conceding the operation of state lotteries for the next 12 years to the OPAP-led consortium, as the deal will fall through if the contract is not signed by June 30. That would result in an immediate loss of revenues totaling 190 million euros, which is the lump sum the winning bidder is set ...

  • Socar reported to have upped bid for DESFA to 400 mln euros

    Azeri state energy company Socar is said to have tabled an improved bid of 400 million euros for a controlling stake in ...

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