Greek State Broadcaster Reopens: ERT Back on Air After Two-Year Shutdown
Greece's state broadcaster had been dark for two years — shut down overnight in 2013 by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who cut 2,700 jobs in a single announcement to satisfy austerity demands. No warning. Just silence where there'd been signal. Alexis Tsipras reopened ERT in June 2015 as a defiant symbol of his anti-austerity mandate. But within months, Greece was deeper in crisis than ever, accepting a third bailout anyway. The broadcaster survived. The rebellion didn't.
June 11, 2015
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