European Broadcast Union (EBU) put Greece’s shut down public broadcaster ERT back on air. On Thursday afternoon the program produced by occupying journalists reappeared on television screens in several Greek cities via analog signal. The decision to take steps to keep ERT on air was made by the EBU Executive Board on Wednesday – see EBU press release below.

Outrageously concerned about the illegal program conducted by fired ERT journalists and technicians who occupy the premises of the shutdown public broadcaster for second consecutive day, the Greek government took an important and risky decision:

to send riot police to capture the EBU satellite transmitting the outlaw program.

The government saw no other solution than to riot-police’s space oddity after all attempts to find out, how ERT still manages to broadcast failed.

picture via @vagelis_ilisia

The government allegedly saw no other solution than to this adventurous riot police space oddity, after all attempts to find out, how ERT still manages to broadcast failed.

EBU PRESS RELEASE