Eleftherotypia

Eleftherotypia (Greek Ἐλευθεροτυπία / " freedom of the press ") is a daily newspaper published in Athens, which is located in the left spectrum of opinion. She is one of the most important newspapers in the country. Eleftherotypia is also a Sunday edition Kyriakatiki out Eleftherotypia (Greek Κυριακάτικη Ἐλευθεροτυπία ), these publications include contributions from Le Monde diplomatique.

Eleftherotypia, which first appeared in 1975, was one of its journalists, to the brothers Tegopoulos they took over. The current editor is Tegopoulou Mania, which has also maintained the traditional socialist orientation of the sheet.

Every Wednesday, the newspaper contains the comic magazine "9", which has approximately 200,000 weekly readers. This magazine hosts regular comic exhibitions and an annual competition for young talented comic artist.

In the wake of the Greek financial crisis, a complete stop payment for the salaries of all employees was decreed in July 2011. It affected about 700 people. Nevertheless, the newspaper was first published on the newspaper .. In early 2012, however, no longer appeared and the owners presented insolvency.

As of mid- February 2012 brought members of the workforce, the weekly newspaper Eleftherotypia the editors in self-government out.

Since 10 January 2013, the Eleftherotypia appears after the crisis-induced hiatus daily.

International

The paper represents a globalization-critical attitude, which also includes a detached attitude to the current policy of the U.S. government.

Cartoons

Since the reappearance of the newspaper in January 2013 designed by Erl and Vaggeli Papavasiliou the daily political cartoon of Eleftherotypia.

Criticism

In December 1975, the head of the CIA station in Athens, Richard Welch was murdered by the terrorist group November 17. A claim of responsibility has been sent to the Eleftherotypia, which published it the following day. Until the arrest of the members of the terrorist group in 2002, communications were still several times the same published in the newspaper Eleftherotypia. Other left-wing extremist terrorist groups such as ELA and small anarchist groups sent their letter excluding the Eleftherotypia. Even today, terrorist groups set preferably with Eleftherotypia in connection to confess to bombings in Athens. Critics accuse the newspaper before they would publish such a letter of confession and manifestos uncritically, and that she has it until 2001 always failed to condemn acts of terrorism. As editors of the Eleftherotypia have distinguished themselves by criticism of anti-terrorism laws around the world, the newspaper of the support for terrorism has been accused many times.

In November 2005, Athens Court of Appeal found the publisher ( Tegopoulos -Verlag), the editor Serafim Fintanidis and two other employees of the Eleftherotypia guilty with an article about the trial of the terrorist group November 17 to have the prosecutor Christos Lambrou slandered. They were sentenced to pay 60,000 euros depending on Lambrou.