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Pirate broadcaster shut down, two unionists arrested

The head of the public broadcaster’s employees’ union and the same group’s treasurer were arrested atop an Athens hill on Wednesday by police for the illegal transmission of a radio signal.

The two men, long-time unionists Panagiotis Kalfagiannis and Dimitris Kounis,  has arrived at the Attikon Alsos hilltop to check on the transmitters broadcasting the ERT Open signal.

ERT resumed broadcasting at 6 a.m.

ERT resumed broadcasting at 6 a.m. on Thursday with the Greek national anthem while the old logo was restored to television monitors. The old ERT logo was restored to monitors.

The opening is marked with a concert in the forecourt of the broadcasting building on Mesogeion Street at 8 p.m. on Thursday by the ERT musical ensembles with a number of artists and musicians.

Former state broadcaster to reopen under previous name

Greek state-broadcaster Nerit reverts to its previous ERT moniker at 6 a.m. on Friday, on the two-year anniversary of the closure of ERT and its affiliates by the then Samaras government.
ERT’s closing in June 2013 generated a firestorm of criticism by the political opposition at the time, and heated responses by press unions, in the country and abroad.

Greek climbers saved from Everest avalanche when Sherpa took money, never showed up

The age-old adage in Greek goes like this: “You were lucky amid you unluckiness”. And that was definitely the case with nine Greek mountain climbers last week, who avoided being in a spot where a deadly avalanche struck near Mt. Everest because their Sherpa had taken their money and disappeared when they arrived in Nepal.

Greece's Eurovision entries, pick and choose (all five videos)

Greece's entry represent the country in the 60th Eurovision song competition will take place on March 4 in an event organized by public broadcaster, NERIT, in cooperation with the music vid channel Mad TV.

The following songs have been chosen to represent Greece and will be heard in the order presented below following a draw.

1. C:REAL - "Crash And Burn"

Five Greek contestants for Eurovision (videos)

The Greek national broadcaster NERIT and MADTV are about to announce the five participants for Eurovision 2015. The country will choose one of five participants to represent it, after Shaya (Mariana) Hansen slid through to be included in the lineup with the finals set for early March.

The five representatives expected to be announced on Wednesday, February 4, are expected to be:

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