Ethnos (newspaper)
Ethnos (Greek: Έθνος, lit. '"The Nation"') is the name of a Greek weekly newspaper first published in 1913.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Publisher | Dimera Media Investments |
Founded | October 26, 1913 |
Political alignment | centre-left |
Language | Greek |
Ceased publication | July 31, 2019 |
City | Athens |
Country | Greece |
Sister newspapers | Ethnos Sunday Edition |
Website | www |
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History[]
The newspaper was first published in 1913 with a Venizelist political thesis. Always in the progressive political spectrum, it supported later Georgios Papandreou and Center Union. In 1970, during the Greek military junta of 1967-74, it was forced to stop publishing. In 1981, Dimitris Varos relaunched it as a colour tabloid.
The newspaper was owned for years by Pegasus Publishing SA.[1] In 2017 was sold to Dimera Media Investments, owned by Ivan Savvidis.[2] From September 2017 to March 2018 publisher was .[3] Dimera reportedly acquired the two Ethnos titles (daily and Sunday editions) for 3 million euros.[4]
On August 9th 2020 the Sunday edition ceased circulation[5] following the daily edition which stopped circulating on July 31st 2019.[6]
References[]
- ^ Helex
- ^ Mε €3.580.000 ο Σαββίδης πήρε Εθνος, Εθνος Κυριακής και Ημερησία tovima.gr, 29 Ιουλίου 2017
- ^ "H ιστορική εφημερίδα "Έθνος" επιστρέφει στα περίπτερα". Fortunegreece.com (in Greek). 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Greek-Russian Businessman Ivan Savvidis Buys 3 Historic Newspapers". 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Κλείνει το "Έθνος της Κυριακής"". Proto Thema. 31 July 2020. (in Greek)
- ^ "Τέλος το καθημερινό "Εθνος" με απόφαση Ιβάν Σαββίδη". To Vima. 29 July 2019. (in Greek)
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