Athens Journalists' Union

The Athens subway and tram will only operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be no suburban train services, and air traffic controllers and seafarers will participate in the strike, reports Kattimerini. The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) announced that journalists will commence striking earlier today.

A 24-hour general strike called by Greece's private and public sector unions, in protest at rail safety deficiencies that led to the deaths of 57 people in the February 28 train crash at Tempe, is expected to shut down most services around the country on Thursday.

Greece's broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR) and the Athens Journalists' Union (ESHEA) condemned on Monday a bomb attack against the headquarters of Skai TV station and Kathimerini newspaper which they said targets pluralism and democracy.

The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) has called a 24-hour strike for Thursday to protest against wage cuts and layoffs in the media sector, hit by the recession as the country struggles to recover from a debt-crisis.

The action will suspend television news bulletins on Thursday and the printing of daily newspapers on Friday.

The Athens Journalists' Union (ESHEA) has condemned a homophobic front page of the Eleftheri Ora newspaper, which incited readers to attack gay people, as "disgusting and bigoted."

The edition published on Wednesday denounced a gender identity bill that was voted into law in Parliament on Tuesday.

The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) has called a 24-hour strike for Tuesday to protest the impact of cutbacks on the journalists' union fund, EDOEAP, as well as recent job cuts across the sector.

Greece's main journalists' union and opposition parties have expressed concern over the arrest of an executive in a small media group for allegedly trying to blackmail the country's defense minister.

The Parapolitika group's manager was arrested in his office Tuesday. The publisher of Parapolitika newspaper also turned himself in to police later.

The Athens Journalists' Union, ESIEA, has lashed out at the government over the raid of its offices by Golden Dawn members on Monday, saying its actions had emboldened the extreme-right party.

Members of far-right Golden Dawn stormed into the third floor of the Athens Journalists' Union, ESIEA, shouting abusive slogans on Monday, during an event observing Human Rights Day. The event focused on issues regarding ethnic minorities living in Greece as well as recommendations by international organizations.

The disciplinary council of the Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) on Thursday ruled that three journalists with senior roles at Skai Television should not face charges for violating the union's code of ethics in the way they covered last year's referendum.