ERT resumed broadcasting at 6 a.m.

ERT resumed broadcasting at 6 a.m. on Thursday with the Greek national anthem while the old logo was restored to television monitors. The old ERT logo was restored to monitors.

The opening is marked with a concert in the forecourt of the broadcasting building on Mesogeion Street at 8 p.m. on Thursday by the ERT musical ensembles with a number of artists and musicians.

ERT’s closing in June 2013 generated a firestorm of criticism by the political opposition at the time, and heated responses by press unions, in the country and abroad.

Nerit, a much smaller broadcaster was opened months later as a replacement format with a fraction of the previous workforce.