Ethnos (Greek: Έθνος, lit. '"The Nation"') is a Greek weekly newspaper first published in 1913.

Ethnos
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherDimera Media Investments
Editor-in-chiefPanagiotis Velissaris, Paschalis Gaganis, Kiriaki Axioti
FoundedOctober 26, 1913; 110 years ago (1913-10-26)
Political alignmentcentre-left
LanguageGreek
Ceased publicationJuly 31, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-07-31)
CityAthens
CountryGreece
Sister newspapersEthnos Sunday Edition
Websitewww.ethnos.gr Edit this at Wikidata

History

The newspaper was first published in 1913 with a Venizelist political thesis. Always in the progressive political spectrum, it supported later Georgios Papandreou and Center Union. In 1970, during the Greek military junta of 1967-74, it was forced to stop publishing. In 1981, Dimitris Varos relaunched it as a colour tabloid.

The newspaper was owned for years by Pegasus Publishing SA.[1] In 2017 was sold to Dimera Media Investments, owned by Ivan Savvidis.[2] From September 2017 to March 2018 publisher was Dimitris Maris.[3] Dimera reportedly acquired the two Ethnos titles (daily and Sunday editions) for 3 million euros.[4]

On August 9, 2020, the Sunday edition ceased circulation[5] following the daily edition which stopped circulating on July 31, 2019.[6]

The publication continued online, with unique content, and more than 150 daily news reports, opinions, and deep analytical articles. In March 2020, 7,348,731 unique users visited the website,[7] placing "Ethnos.gr" in the top ten of most popular news websites in Greece.

References

  1. ^ Helex
  2. ^ Mε €3.580.000 ο Σαββίδης πήρε Εθνος, Εθνος Κυριακής και Ημερησία tovima.gr, 29 Ιουλίου 2017
  3. ^ "H ιστορική εφημερίδα "Έθνος" επιστρέφει στα περίπτερα". Fortunegreece.com (in Greek). 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ "Greek-Russian Businessman Ivan Savvidis Buys 3 Historic Newspapers". 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Κλείνει το "Έθνος της Κυριακής"". Proto Thema. 31 July 2020. (in Greek)
  6. ^ "Τέλος το καθημερινό "Εθνος" με απόφαση Ιβάν Σαββίδη". To Vima. 29 July 2019. (in Greek)
  7. ^ "Πορεία πρωταθλητισμού για το ethnos.gr με 57% αύξηση σε σχέση με το πρώτο τρίμηνο του 2020". ΕΘΝΟΣ (in Greek). Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital Group). 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-11.


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