In these difficult times Greece needs its public broadcaster more than ever, if consensus and hope are to be found. The Greek people are also entitled to continuity of news, film and audiovisual culture, which a functioning ERT can provide. Its film makers must not be arbitrarily prevented from making films and programmes. Culture and free speech a...

“The Constitution, the right of information, the universal reaction of all workers, of the greek society and the unprecedented international mobilisation, are continuing to remind it to the government. We cannot respond to Mr. Stournaras’s call to abandon the jobs and the property of ERT, which have been obtained with the greek people’s money and,...

The abeyances are many.First on the agenda is the public sector again, as the troika is expecting this time that the issue of subjecting 12,500 public servants to availability/mobility will be concluded. Needless to mention that the handling in the case of ERT are a representative example of what can follow.Another chapter is the issue of the fisc...

Time for the announcements about these issues is on a countdown, as margins for the procedures to be concluded are rather narrow, given that the Prime Minister must leave on Wednesday for Brussels, in order to take part in the Summit Conference.Information says the two leaders had two meetings within the weekend, in which they concluded about the...

Many people of the Arts and Letters have made respective statements. We quote only a few (in alphabetical order): Dimos Avdeliodis - Director, screen writer, actor "We were truly scared (by the "black") and terribly disappointed. No one can abolish our national symbol, our culture, our language, namely, the values that ERT stands for""I will only s...

The Greek constitution, the right to information, the concerted opposition of employees and the Greek society as a whole, and the unprecedented global outrage, keep reminding it to the Greek authorities. We cannot comply with Mr. Samaras' call for us to abandon our posts and the public broadcaster’s assets that have been obtained with Greek people’...

I seemed a good idea at the time. On June 11th Antonis Samaras, the prime minister, eager to show that his fractious coalition could push through public-sector reform, shut the overstaffed state broadcaster ERT without warning and sacked its 2,650 employees. Few Greeks watch ERT’s four television channels; its programmes are dull and its news ancho...