The Board of Directors of the EESHA sadly bids farewell to journalist Nikolaos (Nikos) Serveta, who passed away suddenly yesterday at the age of 66.

Nikos Servetas was born in Athens in 1960. From 1980 to the late 1990s, he lived in Sweden, where he studied sociology at the University of Uppsala.

He worked as a editor and news anchor on Swedish radio and television Greek broadcasts, a commentator for the Swedish TV4 television station, a contributor to Pressens Bild, a correspondent for the Athenian News Agency and occasionally a contributor to Greek newspapers and broadcasters based in Stockholm.

After his return to Greece, he worked at APE and ERT and at the newspapers “Exουσία”, “The Victory of Democracy”, “Money”, “Epochi”, “City Press” and “Documento”. In addition, he worked as editorial director at the radio station “En Lefko” and at the websites “NetDaily”, “Science Illustrated” and participated in the journalistic team of “ForthNet”.

He was a member of the Swedish Journalists’ Association (SJF 1986-2000) and the Foreign Correspondents’ Association Sweden (FPA 1988-1998), of which he was a member of the Board of Directors since 1992. He was also a board member and press officer at the International Short Film Festival in Uppsala.

He translated from Swedish into Greek the book “Listen to White” by the journalist-anthropologist Lars Persson and the books “The Best Intentions”and “Sabborn” by the director-screenwriter Ingmar Bergman. Also, from Greek to Swedish, the guides “Rethymno” and “Oil, the road to longevity”. He was part of the four-member team that edited the Swedish-Greek Dictionary, published in 1999 by an organization equivalent to the Swedish Ministry of Education’s OESB, and was a research associate of the publishing house RiksMedia.

Nikos Servetas was a colleague of high professionalism, ethics and exemplary behaviour towards his colleagues.

He had a long and distinguished career in journalism, which he never treated as merely a livelihood. He had broad knowledge, deep culture and a deep view of life and the public.

The Board of Directors extends its condolences to his partner Angelica and his beloved children.

The details of Nikos Servetta’s funeral will be announced in a later announcement by ESIEA.