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A win for democracy in Greece after June 11 of 2013 coup

Greece's parliament voted on Tuesday to re-open the country's public broadcaster ERT, which was shut down two years ago by the previous government to reduce debts. The reinstatement of the channel -- which was replaced by a scaled down version named Nerit -- was one of the election promises of the new government under the radical leftists Syriza, who have been in power for three months.”

The previous conservative-led government in July 2013 shut down the TV station and fired some 2,600 people in order to meet layoff quotas laid down by Greece's international creditors. Its sudden closure after more than 60 years on the air shocked even austerity-hardened Greeks, provoked numerous demonstrations and was condemned internationally.”

The bill on the ERT drew support from the radical left coalition government and Greek Independents, with the main opposition right party New Democracy voting against the legislation.”

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