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June 13th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Protesters gathered in front of the ERT offices in the capital, Athens, and Thessaloniki on Thursday in order to urge Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to repeal the closure of the broadcaster.
“ERT is and will remain open,” read a banner hanged on a wall on ERT’s headquarters in Athens.
Similar demonstrations were held in other cities across the country in solidarity with the broadcaster’s 2,700 staff who were suspended as part of the unpopular austerity measures.
ERT employees remained in the headquarters defiantly transmitting rogue broadcasts, reproduced by different websites such as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
“It’s very insulting to treat us like embezzlers. The public character of information is enshrined in the constitution,” news anchor Chryssa Roumelioti said in a rebel broadcast.
The government, however, threatened to take legal action.
“Any broadcasts carrying ERT’s signal are unauthorized… and can be sanctioned under the law,” said the finance ministry in an email to operators.
Air traffic controllers also held a two-hour strike in support of the ERT employees.
On Tuesday, Samaras’ government took the broadcaster’s television and radio stations off the air, claiming it had become a “haven of public waste.”
Thousands of people also gathered outside ERT headquarters in Athens in protest against the government’s decision to shut down the media outlet.
ERT journalists also refused to leave the broadcaster’s headquarters and continued their programs live on the Internet into Wednesday.
ERT began broadcasting in 1938, running three domestic TV channels, four national radio stations, as well as regional radio stations and an external service, Voice of Greece.
In April, the Greek parliament passed a bill to cut 15,000 state jobs by the end of 2014. The law was a condition for debt-stricken Greece to receive rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
SAB/KA
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