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Pirate broadcaster shut down, two unionists arrested

The head of the public broadcaster’s employees’ union and the same group’s treasurer were arrested atop an Athens hill on Wednesday by police for the illegal transmission of a radio signal.

The two men, long-time unionists Panagiotis Kalfagiannis and Dimitris Kounis,  has arrived at the Attikon Alsos hilltop to check on the transmitters broadcasting the ERT Open signal.