Tasos Telloglou is a Greek

Greece

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 investigative journalist. He is one of the presenters of the weekly news program "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" ("The New Folders ") in Skai TV

Skai TV

Skai TV is a Greek TV station, based in Pireus, Athens. It is part of the Skai Group one of the largest media groups in Greece. It was relaunched in its present form on April 1, 2006 in Athens and gradually managed to spread its coverage nationwide. Besides analog over-the-air transmission, it is...

. He also writes for the newspaper Kathimerini

Kathimerini

I Kathimerini is a daily morning newspaper published in Athens. It is published in the Greek language, as well as in an abridged English-language edition. The English edition is sold separately in the United States and as a supplement to the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus. On 2...

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He was born in Athens

Athens

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 in 1961. He studied Law

Law

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 at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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. He started his journalistic career in 1986 writing for the newspaper I PROTI until 1989. He has been a Germany

Germany

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 correspondent for the daily Greek newspaper Kathimerini

Kathimerini

I Kathimerini is a daily morning newspaper published in Athens. It is published in the Greek language, as well as in an abridged English-language edition. The English edition is sold separately in the United States and as a supplement to the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus. On 2...

from 1990 to 1997 and for the Mega Channel

Mega Channel

Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...

from 1993 to 2000. For two years from 1998, Tasos Telloglou along with the journalists Alexis Papahelas

Alexis Papahelas

Alexis Papahelas is a Greek investigative journalist and the current editor in chief of Kathimerini newspaper. He is the creator and principal presenter of the weekly news program in Skai TV called "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" , which is a continuation of his show in Mega Channel called "Oi Fakeloi "...

 and Pavlos Tsimas, presented the program "Mavro Kouti" ("The Black Box") in Mega Channel

Mega Channel

Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...

. In 2001 he started writing for the newspaper To Vima

To Vima

To Vima is a Greek daily newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of Christos Lambrakis. It is owned by Lambrakis Press Group, a group which also publishes the newspaper Ta Nea, amongst others in its fold of publications...

. In 2001 he worked with Pavlos Tsimas and Yorgos Kouvaras for the news program "Kokkino Pani" ("Red Flag") on ANTENNA TV

Antenna TV

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. From June 2002 to July 2004, he worked for the New Hellenic Television

New Hellenic Television

New Hellenic Television , branded as NET, is the second television network of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation , the public broadcaster of Greece. It is mainly a news and information channel that broadcasts daily newscasts with national and international news, documentaries, talkshows, current...

presenting the monthly documentary series "Monitor" and "Striptease". In October 2004, he presented his first report in the program "Oi Fakeloi " ("The Folders") in Mega Channel

Mega Channel

Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...

 and was editor in chief until 2007. From October 2007, he co-hosts the newsprogram "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" ("The New Folders "), the continuation of the program "Oi Fakeloi ", along with Alexis Papahelas

Alexis Papahelas

Alexis Papahelas is a Greek investigative journalist and the current editor in chief of Kathimerini newspaper. He is the creator and principal presenter of the weekly news program in Skai TV called "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" , which is a continuation of his show in Mega Channel called "Oi Fakeloi "...

 and Sofia Papaioannou in Skai TV

Skai TV

Skai TV is a Greek TV station, based in Pireus, Athens. It is part of the Skai Group one of the largest media groups in Greece. It was relaunched in its present form on April 1, 2006 in Athens and gradually managed to spread its coverage nationwide. Besides analog over-the-air transmission, it is...

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During the season 2007-2008 Telloglou was awarded the Best Report of the Year Award of the "Prosopa 2008" television awards for his expose on the Greek aspect

2008 Siemens alleged scandal in Greece

The 2008 Siemens scandal in Greece was a corruption and bribery scandal that hit Greece over deals between Siemens AG and Greek government officials during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens regarding security systems and purchases by OTE in the 1990s....

 of the Siemens

Siemens

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slush funds scandal.

Controversy

In 28/4/10 in his blog he suggested that the extraordinay economic hardships demand the suspension of the constitution, the declaration of state of emergency and the expansion of the executive powers of the government to an extraordinary level. Specifically he called for granting the government the power to declare at will and immediately that a demonstration is illegal and the power to arrest the demonstrators. Additionally, he advocated that the right to strike and of free speech regarding sensible fields should be restricted. He assessed that a different head of government, unrelenting no matter what the cost might be, would be preferable. There was backlash for these controversial comments, as condemnation was expressed by portion of the Greek bloggosphere, the press and national television.

External links

• Oi Neoi Fakeloi