''To Vima'' ( el, Το Βήμα, lit=The Tribune) is a

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weekly newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of

Christos Lambrakis Christos Dimitriou Lambrakis ( el, Χρήστος Δημητρίου Λαμπράκης; 24 February 1934 – 21 December 2009) was the owner of Lambrakis Press Group (DOL), one of the largest newspaper groups in Greece, and arguably the most infl ...

, as ''Elefthero Vima'' (Free Tribune). It was owned by

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(DOL), a group that also publishes the newspaper ''

Ta Nea ''Ta Nea'' ( el, Τα Νέα, italic=yes; Translation: ''The News'') is a daily newspaper published in Athens. It was owned by Lambrakis Press Group (DOL), which also published the newspaper '' To Vima''. The assets of DOL were acquired in 2017 b ...

'', among others in its fold of publications. The assets of DOL were acquired in 2017 by Alter Ego Media S.A. ''To Vima'' is a high-quality newspaper in

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, and arguably the most influential in political issues; it was published daily until 2011, but since publishes only its flagship Sunday edition, whose current managing editor is Stavros Psycharis. To Vima is historically the newspaper to which prominent politicians would most commonly provide interviews or write articles.

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ( el, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, translit=Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Greek statesman and a prominent leader of the Greek national liberation move ...

, Georgios Papandreou,

Nikolaos Plastiras Nikolaos Plastiras ( el, Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας; 4 November 1883 – 26 July 1953) was a Greek general and politician, who served thrice as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he ...

Constantine Karamanlis Konstantinos G. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής, ; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly Anglicisation, anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or just Caramanlis, was a four-time prime minister and List of he ...

and

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, ...

are among those who have written for the newspaper.

Content

The newspaper features as columnists prominent

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s within the Greek media, including Yiannis Pretenderis and Vassilis Moulopoulos. Some of the newspaper's regular columnists include academics, university professors (such as Konstantinos Tsoukalas, Nikos Mouzelis, or Dimitris Psychogios, who contributes under a

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), political scientists and a number of

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s. The Sunday edition of the newspaper used to be a staple of the Greek press, while today it competes both with the centre-right '' To Proto Thema'' and the centrist ''

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''. ''To Vima'', by Greek standards, was considered center-left and was politically aligned with the centrist (reformist) wing of the Greek

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party

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

. The majority of publications from within the Lambrakis Press fold were also politically aligned with the party. Some of its former editors have occupied key ministerial positions with the PASOK, such as

Petros Efthimiou Petros Efthymiou ( el, Πέτρος Ευθυμίου, born 27 March 1950) is a Greek academic and politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement. A former minister and MEP, he is currently (since October 2009) the parliamentary spokesman of his ...

and Giorgos Romeos; it is also not uncommon for some of its journalists to stand for parliament, mainly with PASOK. But, after its acquisition by Alter Ego Media, the newspaper's have moved to the center and the

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, while being linked to the centrist wing of New Democracy.

Circulation

To Vima had a circulation of 114,035 in October 2014.

References

External links

* - contains searchable index of the Sunday editions since 1996
Digital edition
of the daily and the Sunday edition

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