Fanis Papathanasiou is a senior diplomatic correspondent of ERT (Greek Public Television).
A long time New York correspondent, based in Athens and he covers for more than twenty years, global crises, wars and a range of other major news events such us conflict zones in Iraq, Afghanistan, Crimea and in Middle East. He has exclusive one-on-one interviews with international figures including Senator Robert, Mike Pompeo, George H. W. Bush, D. Trump, Turkish leaders T. Erdogan, M. Cavusloglu A. Davutoglu, A. Gull, former French PM Dominique de Villepin and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. He is contributor commentator for CNN International and has appeared on BBC, Al Jazeera and other global networks. He holds a M.A. on Digital Media, Communication and Journalism from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.