French, German ambassadors voice solidarity in wake of blast

The French and German ambassadors to Greece condemned Monday's bomb attack on Skai TV and Kathimerini newspaper during a visit to the headquarters of the media group in southern Athens Tuesday.

After inspecting damage caused by the blast, French Ambassador Christophe Chantepy and his German counterpart Jens Ploetner expressed solidarity with both the workers as well as the management.

No one was injured in the attack.

"Every attack on the press is an attack on democracy, because the press is the salt of democracy," Chantepy said speaking in Greek, while voicing support for staff at Skai and Kathimerini.

Ploetner described media freedom as "the oxygen of democracy," adding that "when this freedom comes under attack, then it's like we are all under attack."

The two diplomats met with Kathimerini's executive editor Alexis Papachelas and Skai TV's news...