''Eleftheros Typos'' ( el, Ελεύθερος Τύπος, in English, "Free Press") is a daily newspaper published in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
.
It was founded in 1916 by Andreas Kavafakis with a liberal
Venizelist
Venizelism ( el, Βενιζελισμός) was one of the major political movements in Greece from the 1900s until the mid-1970s.
Main ideas
Named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the key characteristics of Venizelism were:
*Greek irredentism: T ...
political position. Kavafakis was murdered in 1922 by anti-Venizelists (see
National Schism
The National Schism ( el, Εθνικός Διχασμός, Ethnikós Dichasmós), also sometimes called The Great Division, was a series of disagreements between Constantine I of Greece, King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizel ...
) and the newspaper was closed in 1927.
It was republished temporarily in the 1960s by Tegopoulos/Kavafakis.
It was republished in 1983 by the Lilian Voudouri Press Foundation. Eminent in liberal and conservative circles, it vied for the top sales spot in the 1980s, but today trails its left-of-center competitors by a margin, though still retaining its influence. It is characterized by a pro-
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
approach to foreign policy, and supports liberal reforms in the Greek economy. It was purchased by ship-owner and prominent businessman
Theodore Angelopoulos
Theodore P. Angelopoulos (born 1943) is a Greek shipping and steel magnate.
Early life
Theodore Angelopoulos was born in Athens, and lived in Switzerland for many years, where he received a BSc in Business Administration from the University of ...
, husband of
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Ioanna Daskalaki, December 12, 1955) is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Sum ...
.
On 22 June 2009, the shareholders' general meeting decided to cease operations of ''Free Press'', ''Press Sunday'' and ''Radio City SA''. The decision caused a number of media to go on strike for 24 hours. The newspaper permanently shut down all operations on 22 June 2009.
In 2009 SABD Ekdotiki SA
obtained the rights to the newspaper title and the newspaper returned to the stands on November 9 2009.
References
External links
Ελεύθερος Τύπος official website
1916 establishments in Greece
Publications established in 1983
Greek-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Athens
Daily newspapers published in Greece
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