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Entity Type: Domestic Non-Chinese Language Media

Radio Cooperativa

Radio Cooperativa, founded on February 17, 1935, and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is a news radio station operated by Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones S.A. The station gained prominence for opposing the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) and denouncing its human rights violations at a time when such reports were federally suppressed. The broadcaster, which maintains historic ties to Chile’s Christian Democratic Party, operates on AM frequencies 660 and 1140/1150 kHz. 

Banking News

Banking News is a Greek-language online financial news outlet headquartered in Athens. The site launched in October 2009, focusing on banking, stock market and Athens Stock Exchange developments, business reporting, energy news, international financial news, and Greek politics. According to the site’s about page, Banking News is wholly owned by Greek businessman and lawyer Petros Leotsakos (Πέτρος Λεωτσάκος) through Bankingnews Single-Shareholder Corporation (Bankingnews Μονοπρόσωπη Α.Ε.).

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, or ERT, is Greece’s state-owned public radio and television broadcaster, with radio dating to September 1938 and television launched in February 1966. It operates five TV channels: ERT1, ERT2 Sport, ERT, ERT News, and the English channel ERT World. It also operates a national radio network, including the Voice of Greece radio service. The original corporation was shut down in June 2013 as part of austerity measures during the Greek financial crisis and reinstated in June 2015.

Hellenic Shipping News

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide (希臘海事新聞網) is a Piraeus-based English-language maritime news outlet founded in 2006 that describes itself as an “online daily newspaper on Hellenic and international shipping.” The site covers shipping and maritime trade, shipbuilding, ports, marine insurance, shipping law, freight markets, commodities, oil and energy, world economy news, and stock markets, and distributes a free daily newsletter to recipients in more than 165 countries.

Alpha TV

Alpha TV is a Greek free-to-air national television channel headquartered in Kifissia, a northern suburb of Athens. The station launched on September 27, 1999, briefly operating as Alpha Sky before adopting its present name. The channel airs Greek-language programs including original domestic fiction, live talk and entertainment shows, daily news bulletins under the Alpha News banner, and international films and series.

Proto Thema

Proto Thema (Πρώτο Θέμα) is a Greek Sunday newspaper first published on February 27, 2005 by well-known Greek journalists Themos Anastasiadis, Makis Triantafyllopoulos, and Tassos Karamitsos. Triantafyllopoulos has previously been accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda by the anti-propaganda portal Propastop, and by the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. A report by the Greek investigative outlet InsideStory.gr in 2024 revealed that Tassos Karamitsos among a number of journalists illegally surveilled by the Greek prime minister’s office. Based in Athens, Proto Thema covers politics, economics, sports, lifestyle, and tabloid-style news, and it also has an online portal. In July 2024, it launched an AI-powered English edition funded by Google.

The Brussels Times

The Brussels Times is an English-language Belgian news outlet founded in 1965 as a broadsheet newspaper and revived in its current digital and print form in 2014. Owned by BXL Connect and headquartered on Avenue Louise in Brussels, it describes itself as Belgium’s largest daily news medium in English, with over two million monthly visits. Its stated mission is to provide expatriates, foreigners, and internationally oriented Belgians with coverage of Belgian news, EU affairs, and opinion. The outlet’s editorial policy and code of conduct, published on its website, commits the publication to independence from advertisers, sponsors, and owners, and to full transparency on funding sources and conflicts of interest. The magazine is distributed across EU institutions, more than 100 embassies and representations to the EU, and over 7,000 hotel rooms, giving it particular reach among Brussels-based diplomats and policymakers. 

Dimokratia

Dimokratia (Δημοκρατία) is a Greek daily newspaper founded in 2010. It covers national politics, social issues, and foreign affairs, with particular attention to Greece’s relations with neighboring countries. The paper is published across print and digital platforms. Its coverage of Greek-Turkish tensions has at times drawn international attention. In 2020, Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into the paper and its editors after it published a headline insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, in response to disputes over contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean.

O Globo

O Globo is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded on July 29, 1925, in Rio de Janeiro by journalist Irineu Marinho. The newspaper focuses primarily on hard news, covering national politics, economics, and international affairs, and is known for investigative reporting. It is the most prominent print publication within the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. O Globo treats its columnists as true “anchors” to attract readers and maintain influence among business and political figures.