''I Avgi'' ( el, Η Αυγή, lit="The Dawn", ) is a daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
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 ...
, Greece. It is called the "Morning newspaper of the
Left" and is politically affiliated with
Syriza.
It was first published in 1952.
Manolis Glezos was for years its editor.
During the seven-year period (1967–1974) of the
Greek military junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...
, the newspaper stopped its publication which continued after the reinstatement of democracy.
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See also
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Politics of Greece
Greece is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the President of Greece is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government within a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the gov ...
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List of newspapers in Greece
The number of national daily newspapers in Greece was 68 in 1950 and it increased to 156 in 1965.
Mid through the Greek financial crisis in 2016, on a national level there were 15 daily general interest, 11 daily sports, 4 daily business, 10 week ...
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Newspapers published in Athens
Greek-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1952
1952 establishments in Greece
Daily newspapers published in Greece
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