11 June 2013 Last updated at 12:11 ET
Greece's state broadcaster has been transmitting programmes for more than 70 years
The Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT.
A government spokesman said transmissions would cease early on Wednesday.
More than 2,000 employees will be suspended until the company reopens "as soon as possible."
It is the latest move in successive rafts of spending cuts and tax rises that the government hope will lead the country out of recession.
"ERT is a case of an exceptional lack of transparency and incredible extravagance. This ends now," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said, according to the AFP news agency.
Unions voiced strong opposition to the move.
Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22861577#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
