Costas Papachlimintzos was born in Athens in 1980. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Athens and a master's degree in European Public Policy from UCL (University College London). He has worked as a reporter and columnist for several newspapers (Eleftheros Typos, Veto, Athens News, Dimokratia) and he has also served as the managing editor of Estia newspaper. He is currently the co-presenter of ‘Sindesis’, a morning television program that is broadcast on ERT, the national public broadcaster. It airs from 05:00 a.m. to 09:00 a.m. on weekdays. He is also a political editor for the newspaper Parapolitika and the news site parapolitika.gr.