“Essential to guarantee freedom of expression and we must be accountable for the way we use it” were the words of the EBU President Jean-Paul Philippot. Philippot gave this speech before the European Commission’s first Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights held at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels on 1 – […]
It is no news that Turkey will not be participating at Eurovision 2014. We have all read that story for several months now. The real story that we have waited to hear is the outcome of the meeting between the EBU and TRT that was scheduled to take […]
Today it was announced that the Greek National Broadcaster ERT was being closed down with immediate effect from midnight, with the loss of 2,650 permanent staff members and a further 250 short-term employers. Simos Kedikoglou (A Greek Government Spokesman) allegedly described ERT, as a “modern-day scandal” and “a unique […]