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Monday, June 17, 2013

Greek PM offers to reopen state broadcaster: government source

Protesters cast their shadows on a state broadcaster ERT van outside its headquarters in AthensATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister has offered to quickly restart state broadcaster ERT under temporary management, a government official said on Monday, in a bid to defuse a political crisis and avoid snaps elections. Samaras made the offer during talks with coalition allies in an effort to bridge a rift over the broadcaster's abrupt closure that plunged Greece into fresh political turmoil, the official said. However, he insists that ERT be restructured and restart as a new, slimmed-down broadcaster, the official said. ...



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