Athens News

Last updated
Athens News
AthensNews.jpg
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Myenpi Publishing
EditorIoanna Papadimitropoulou
Founded1952
Ceased publication2012
Headquarters Athens, Greece
Website

Athens News was an English-language newspaper published in Greece. The paper had regular sections covering aspects of Greek news such as politics, social issues, business, arts & entertainment and sports, as well as international news. Features included analysis of domestic and foreign affairs by leading academics and experts, humour columns and reader contributions. During the dictatorship, Athens News was a leading voice against the junta, and its publisher Yannis Horn was jailed and threatened by the dictators.

Contents

History

Athens News was founded by Yannis Horn, brother of Dimitris Horn, and first appeared on 29 January 1952. It closed down permanently in March 2013, after a long period of economic problems, making it a victim of the Greek crisis. [1]

In 1993, Athens News was redesigned and revamped when it was acquired by the Lambrakis Foundation, a non-profit research centre specialising in education. [2] As such, it formed part of the Lambrakis Press Group.

It was the first Greek newspaper to be published on the internet - an online edition appeared in 1995.

In 2001, after 49 years as a daily, the Athens News became a weekly, appearing on Fridays.

In October 2008, the paper was acquired by Myenpi Publishing.

History against the dictatorship

The 1973 Chinese edition of Athens News mocking the political situation in Greece during the Papadopoulos dictatorship. The editor changed his Greek name "Yannis Horn" to its pseudo-Chinese version "Ya - nih orn", and it is visible on the page. Athens News Chinese version.JPG
The 1973 Chinese edition of Athens News mocking the political situation in Greece during the Papadopoulos dictatorship. The editor changed his Greek name "Yannis Horn" to its pseudo-Chinese version "Ya – nih orn", and it is visible on the page.

In October 1971, Athens News publisher Yannis Horn was arrested and jailed for writing an article against the junta after a visit to Athens by US vice-president Spiro Agnew. The title of the article was "Βόμβες και επιστρατευμένοι μαθητές υποδέχονται τον Άγκνιου" (Bombs and recruited students greet Agnew). [3]

In 1973, Horn published an article under the title "Η πολιτική κατάσταση στην Ελλάδα σήμερα" (The political situation in Greece today). [3] The article was written in Chinese. [3] Horn did not speak Chinese, but he copied a random article from a Chinese newspaper that he had seen that day, and he changed his Greek name "Yannis Horn" to its pseudo-Chinese version "Ya – nih orn". [3] [4] He was arrested for the publication of the article, and was told by a junta official that if he were ever to be caught again [by the junta official] he would be converted to soap. [3] [4] Yannis Horn did not know the meaning of the Chinese text that he put on the front cover of his newspaper, so he went to a Chinese restaurant in Athens and asked the owner to translate it for him. The owner, however, was a Chinese-American and told Horn that he did not understand Chinese. It was later that Horn found out that the text was not from mainland China, but from a nationalist newspaper published in Taiwan. [4]

In April 1973, Athens News, along with Bradini, and Thessaloniki, were the only newspapers in Greece to publish comments by Konstantinos Karamanlis criticising the dictatoship. [3] The editions of all three newspapers were confiscated by the dictators. [3]

Reception

Athens News has been described as "The main English-language newspaper, available in most resorts, is the Athens News (weekly every Friday, online at ®www.athensnews .gr; €2.50), in colour with good features and Balkan news, plus entertainment and arts listings.". [5] Athens News has been described as a "historic newspaper", [6] [7] [4] and as "having written its own history [in the annals] of the Greek Press". [3]

Rough Guides writes: "The online edition of the Athens News, Greece's longest-running, quality English-language newspaper with the city's top shows." and "By far the best of the English language newspapers is the four-colour Athens news (daily except Monday online at athensnews.gr). [8]

It has been described as "The main English-language newspaper, available in most resorts, is the Athens News (weekly every Friday, online at ®www.athensnews .gr; €2.50), in colour with good features and Balkan news, plus entertainment and arts listings.". [5]

Rough guides to Europe describes it as a " Useful and literate English-language daily". [9] while in the book Transitions it is mentioned that: "Greece and the Mediterranean English-language newspapers such as The Athens News (www.athensnews.gr) and The Portugal News (www.tlie-news.net) may be helpful sources of job vacancies." [10] Athens News is also cited in academic publications and books. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Journalists and articles

Articles and the journalists who wrote them for Athens News include:

Editors

Cessation of print and websites

Since November 2012, Athens News has ceased operating, both the print edition and the website.

The blog for Athens News was declared defunct on 26 December 2010, but had evidently been defunct since some time in 2009. As of April 2013 the website still existed, but simply displayed a logo for the newspaper (and was apparently otherwise defunct, but not vacant). [24]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation</span> Greek public broadcasting corporation

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, commonly shortened to ERT, is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aigio</span> Place in Greece

Aigio, also written as Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio, is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

To Vima is a Greek weekly newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of Christos Lambrakis, as Elefthero Vima.

The Metapolitefsi was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioannides military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections.

Warsaw Voice: Polish and Central European Review, commonly shortened to The Warsaw Voice, is an English-language newspaper printed in Poland, concentrating on news about Poland and its neighbours. First released in October 1988, it is a general news magazine with sections on political, economic, social and cultural news and with opinions sections. The printed edition has a circulation of 10,500.

Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos is a Greek politician and convicted criminal. He is the founder and leader of the far-right party Golden Dawn. In October 2020, he and 67 other Golden Dawn leaders were found guilty of leading a criminal organisation by the Athens Appeals Court.

Elias Panayotis Demetracopoulos was a Greek journalist and dissident during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexis Papahelas</span> Greek investigative journalist

Alexis Papahelas or Papachelas, is a Greek investigative journalist and the current Executive Editor of Kathimerini newspaper. He is the creator and principal presenter of the weekly prime time news program called "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" on Skai TV, which is a continuation of his show in Mega Channel called "Oi Fakeloi ". “The New Files”, which premiered in the 2010 - 2011 season, was an award-winning current affairs documentary series on domestic and international news which as of the season 2009–2010 season integrated a series of studio interviews. In January 2016 he created and is the principal presenter of the current affairs program "Istories" (Stories) on Skai TV, together with Pavlos Tsimas, Sia Kossioni, and Tasos Telloglou. Papahelas is also a political and diplomatic commentator for the SKAI Evening News, a columnist and the author of three books.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Greece</span> Overview of and topical guide to Greece

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greece:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hellenic Foundation for Culture</span>

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture, founded in 1992, is a cultural and educational organization, based in Athens, which aims to promote Greek language and Greek culture. Professor Ioannis Georgakis, was the prime mover, founder and first President of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture and he had the vision of establishing an institution for Greek culture abroad.

<i>In.gr</i>

In.gr is a Greek news site. The site was owned by Lambrakis Press Group, of which the assets were acquired in 2017 by Alter Ego Media S.A. The content is written in the Greek language and the site has existed since November 1999. In.gr is among the most visited news websites in Greece.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yannis Behrakis</span> Greek photojournalist (1960–2019)

Yannis Behrakis was a Greek photojournalist and a Senior editor with Reuters.

Dimitris Tziotis was a Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) mayoral candidate for Vouliagmeni in Athens and an entrepreneur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dimitris Yeros</span> Greek artist and photographer

Dimitris Yeros (1948) is a Greek artist-photographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yiannis Melanitis</span> Greek conceptual artist

Yiannis Melanitis is a Greek conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, installation artist and digital artist born in Athens in 1967. In 2016, he was elected assistant professor at the Sculpture Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Melanitis' work uses hybrid art forms initially with concepts from philosophy and the sciences. His research focuses on the role of information on the arts considering "Information as the New Conceptualisation".

<i>Athens Voice</i>

Athens Voice is a media company that includes the printed Athens Voice paper, the digital publication athensvoice.gr, the radio station Athens Voice Radio 102.5 and Athens Voice Books.

Leslie Finer was a British journalist and author who worked for the BBC, the Financial Times, The Observer, the New Statesman, other British news organisations, Kathimerini and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He covered news in Cyprus and Greece between 1954 and 1968. He was described by Kathimerini as one of the most respected and reliable reporters of that era. Finer was considered an expert on Greek affairs.

<i>Ethnos</i> (newspaper) Greek newspaper

Ethnos is a Greek weekly newspaper first published in 1913.

Tuber is an instrumental rock band formed in Crete, Greece, but currently located in Serres, Greece. Since its formation, the band has consisted of siblings Nikos Gerostathos (drums) and Yannis Gerostathos (guitar), and Paris Fragkos. Yannis Artzoglou (guitar) joined the trio later on.

Yannis Kotsiras is a Greek singer and musician.

References

  1. ↑ Greece: Athens News closes down after 61 years
  2. ↑ "Athens News: About us". Archived from the original on 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Κώστας Παπαχλιμίντζος (6 March 2013). "Αυτή ήταν η ιστορία της Athens News".
  4. 1 2 3 4 Κ ΤΣΑΟΥΣΗΣ (24 November 2008). "Σαράντα πέντε κεράκια για το "Athens News"". To Vima.
  5. 1 2 The Rough Guide: Greek islands. Rough Guides Limited. 2009. p. 162. The main English-language newspaper, available in most resorts, is the Athens News (weekly every Friday, online at ®www.athensnews .gr; €2.50), in colour with good features and Balkan news, plus entertainment and arts listings.
  6. ↑ "Λουκέτο στην ιστορική εφημερίδα Athens News". .iefimerida.gr. 5 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Τέλος για την ιστορική εφημερίδα "Athens News"". 5 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Greek Islands. Rough Guides. 2002. pp. 41, 67. ISBN   978-1-85828-867-3. Greece on the internet Greece is strongly represented on the internet, with many bilingual English-Greek websites offering ... ©www. athensnews.gr The online edition of the Athens News, Greece's longest-running, quality English-language newspaper with the city's top shows. [...] By far the best of the English language newspapers is the four-colour Athens news (daily except Monday online at athensnews.gr)
  9. ↑ Rough Guides (1 November 2002). Rough guide to Europe. Rough Guides. p. 486. ISBN   978-1-85828-914-4.
  10. ↑ Transitions Abroad. C. A. Hubbs. 2007. p. 99. Greece and the Mediterranean English-language newspapers such as The Athens News (www.athensnews.gr) and The Portugal News (www.tlie-news.net) may be helpful sources of job vacancies.
  11. ↑ Waltraud Kokot (2008). Port Cities as Areas of Transition: Ethnographic Perspectives. Transcript. pp. 168, 163. ISBN   978-3-89942-949-7.
  12. ↑ Brewer David (16 April 2012). Greece, the Hidden Centuries: Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek. I.B.Tauris. p. 12. ISBN   978-0-85773-004-6.
  13. ↑ William Michael Murray; Phōtios Michaēl Petsas (1989). Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War. American Philosophical Society. p. 9. ISBN   978-0-87169-794-3. "Ancient Roman ships to be raised," Athens News, 10 October 1980
  14. ↑ I. Grigoriadis (30 October 2012). Instilling Religion in Greek and Turkish Nationalism: A "Sacred Synthesis". Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 204. ISBN   978-1-137-30120-8. Greeks and Turks in War and Peace (Athens:Athens News, 2007)
  15. ↑ George E. Demacopoulos; Aristotle Papanikolaou (5 August 2013). Orthodox Constructions of the West. Oxford University Press. p. 333. ISBN   978-0-8232-5210-7. George Gilson Fighting for an authentic faith Athens News
  16. ↑ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe (1971). Greece, Spain, and the Southern NATO Strategy: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. Article from Athens News of April 30, 1971, concerning editorial reaction of the junta organ Estia to Under Secretary Irwin's statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the State Department was disappointed over the continuing denial of civil liberties in Greece.
  17. ↑ Pat Barker (23 August 2007). Elizabeth Knowles (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. OUP Oxford. p. 23. ISBN   978-0-19-920895-1. The Somme is like the Holocaust. It revealed things about mankind that we cannot come to terms with and cannot forget. It can never become the past. on winning the 1995 Booker Prize for her First World War novel The Ghost Road in Athens News 9 November 1995.
  18. ↑ Nick Michaelian, "The real unsung heroes", Athens News, 16 July 2004. Thousands went to the airport to greet him., page: A04 Article code: C13075A041 via the Internet Archive
  19. ↑ David Glass, "All was not what it seemed in early junta days", Athens News, 30 July 2004, page: A08 Article code: C13077A081 via the Internet archive
  20. ↑ Mario Modiano ('The Times' correspondent in Athens), "A long, happy summer night 30 years ago", Athens News, 23 July 2004
  21. ↑ Diane Shugart, "The colonels' coup and the cult of the kitsch", Athens News, 20 April 1997 by Dianne Shugart page: A01 Article code: C11726A014 via the Internet Archive
  22. ↑ "Past present", Athens News, 2 May 2003 Article by Dimitris Yannopoulos ATHENS NEWS , 02/05/2003, page: A13 Article code: C13012A131 via the Internet archive
  23. ↑ Albert Coerant, "The boy who braved the tanks" and: The ferocious ESA, the military police, excerpted its terror daily, Athens News, 16 November 2001 page: A08 Article code: C12936A081 via the Internet Archive
  24. ↑ Cf. "Athens News". Archived from the original on 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2006-04-22.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.