Greek coalition avoids collapse over TV shutdown
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and DEREK GATOPOULOSBy NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press?
?Greece's Left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras addresses his party's supporters during a rally outside Parliament demanding elections, in Athens on Monday June 17, 2013. Exactly one year ago, Greece?s conservative prime minister won the mandate to form a coalition government with a daunting brief: Restart punishing reforms, keep the debt-stifled country in the eurozone and end months of political chaos. The latter has proved harder, and Antonis Samaras is now making a last-ditch bid to quell a revolt by key allies over his decision to close the country?s state TV and radio broadcaster, axing nearly 2,700 jobs to meet austerity targets. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Greece's Left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras addresses his party's supporters during a rally outside Parliament demanding elections, in Athens on Monday June 17, 2013. Exactly one year ago, Greece?s conservative prime minister won the mandate to form a coalition government with a daunting brief: Restart punishing reforms, keep the debt-stifled country in the eurozone and end months of political chaos. The latter has proved harder, and Antonis Samaras is now making a last-ditch bid to quell a revolt by key allies over his decision to close the country?s state TV and radio broadcaster, axing nearly 2,700 jobs to meet austerity targets. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Greece's Left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras addresses his party's supporters during a rally outside Parliament demanding elections, in Athens on Monday June 17, 2013. Exactly one year ago, Greece?s conservative prime minister won the mandate to form a coalition government with a daunting brief: Restart punishing reforms, keep the debt-stifled country in the eurozone and end months of political chaos. The latter has proved harder, and Antonis Samaras is now making a last-ditch bid to quell a revolt by key allies over his decision to close the country?s state TV and radio broadcaster, axing nearly 2,700 jobs to meet austerity targets. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Protesters shout slogans during a protest in solidarity to the employees of Greek state broadcaster, ERT, in Thessaloniki, Sunday, June 15, 2013. Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster, that has left the government in a crisis that could lead to early elections, just a year after it was formed to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
Socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos, right, arrives the Prime minister's office for a meeting in Athens, on Monday, June 17, 2013. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras meets with the leaders of two center-left parties in his year-old coalition. Both minority leaders have strongly opposed the prime minister?s decision last week to shut down the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. or ERT.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A protester casts his shadow on a banner reading "ERT 3" during a protest in solidarity to the employees of Greek state broadcaster, ERT, in Thessaloniki, Sunday, June 15, 2013. Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster, that has left the government in a crisis that could lead to early elections, just a year after it was formed to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? Greece's deeply divided governing coalition has avoided collapsing in a dispute over Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' closure of state television.
After more than three hours of talks late Monday, Samaras' center-left minority partners said talks would continue this week on how to keep state broadcasts going until Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., or ERT, is replaced by a new public broadcaster.
Earlier Monday, a high court issued a provisional ruling that the decree shutting off ERT's signal last week was illegal. But the court also said Samaras' government was within its rights to close the company, axing nearly 2,700 jobs.
Greece is implementing tough spending cuts, tax hikes and administrative reforms demanded by international creditors providing vital rescue loans.
The decision to close ERT has sparked protests in Greece and international criticism.
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