Re: ?????? - Greece 2011
****times article:
One of the most discussed countries this year worldwide is Greece, due to the economic chaos taking plae the past few months. One aspect of the extremely negative situation over there is what thce state television decides to do. ERT already cut the budget of the Greek entry this year by 50% allowing only 600,000 Euros to be spent on Giorgos Alkaios and the Greek participation.
In a press conference the new ERT President said that the national broadcaster is heading to a new road more cultural and with no attention to big and expensive events. There is no official decision on how Eurovision will be handled from 2011 and on, but the Greek government is advising the new ERT team to think seriously a possible withdrawal from the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest edition.