An employee is seen behind a TV screen, used to show the Greek state television ERT broadcast, at its headquarters at Aghia Paraskevi suburb in Athens June 18, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling party leaders met on Wednesday to try to agree when and how to resume state TV broadcasts, two days after a top court ordered the immediate reopening of the state broadcaster ERT, abruptly closed by the government a week ago.
ERT's screens were black or showing colour bars for an eighth straight day after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' unexpected decision to pull the plug at a few hours' notice to save money and help shore up Greece's bankrupt state finances. His government said it would pay off the staff, and reopen the broadcaster later in a smaller, leaner form.
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