Workers are staging a national strike in Greece today in protest of the government’s decision to close the country’s state broadcaster. The channels of ERT were abruptly pulled off the air in the latest of a series of cost-cutting moves demanded by international creditors. Thousands of people have taken part in protests against ERT’s closure led by fired workers outside the network’s headquarters.

Manolis Kypraiou: “The prime minister said a few minutes ago we have a total war with the press. This is hard-line political thinking.”

The Greek government says it plans to reopen ERT with a smaller workforce in the next few weeks. Laid-off workers have remained on the air with broadcasts over analog signals and the Internet.