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| Type | weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Proto Thema Publishing A.E |
| Founder(s) | Themos Anastasiadis |
| Publisher | Tassos Karamitsos |
| Staff writers | 500-600 |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Political alignment | Conservative Liberalism, Pro-New Democracy |
| Language | Greek |
| City | Athens |
| Country | Greece |
| Circulation | 400,000 (2007) |
Proto Thema (Greek: Πρώτο Θέμα, pronounced [ˈproto ˈθema] English: Lead Story) is a Greek newspaper, published every Sunday. It was founded in 2005 by Themos Anastasiadis, Makis Triantafyllopoulos, and Tassos Karamitsos. It has also English version website.[1][2]
In late December 2005, the newspaper broke the story of an alleged coverup by the Greek government of torture of Pakistani terrorist suspects.[3][4]
The newspaper has been widely being criticised of being closely affiliated and/or even getting funded through third-party sources with the New Democracy political party and supporting the Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The newspaper has been widely criticized for its alleged affiliation with and potential funding from third-party sources linked to the New Democracy political party.[citation needed]
The newspaper reportedly harassed Ingeborg Beugel, a Dutch journalist, by releasing her address to the public.[5]
In 2008 Makis Triantafylopoulos, after a disagreement with Themos Anastasiades over the case of the suicide attempt of Christos Zahopoulos,[6][7] left the newspaper and it was published by Themos Anastasiades until his death on 22 January 2019. After the death of Themos Anastasiadis the newspaper was taken over by Tassos Karamitsos, who is its new publisher.
- ^ "Proto Thema English version website". en.protothema.gr. Proto Thema.
- ^ "The new AI-powered English version of Proto Thema news website with the support of Google and funded by Google Innovation Fund on AI". protothema.gr (in Greek). Proto Thema.
- ^ "Greece urged to investigate MI6 torture link". The Guardian. 28 December 2005.
- ^ "Greek newspaper names 'MI6 chief'". BBC News. 27 December 2005. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023.
- ^ Baboulias, Yiannis (10 January 2022). "In Greece, journalists feel the squeeze". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023.
The biggest tabloid in the country, Proto Thema, published her address and details about her life.
- ^ "All innocent, because «the DVD is not a file in the sense of the law»" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Makis Triantafylopoulos out of the newspaper «Proto Thema»" (in Greek). Proto Thema. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022.