History
In 1876, Adonis Kyrou I founded a weekly publication named Ἑστία, which was a literary magazine similar to the present-day Nea Estia (Νέα Ἑστία) rather than a news-focused paper. Not until 1894 did the well-known poet and journalist Georgios Drosinis transform it into a daily newspaper about politics, culture and finance. In 1941, during the occupation of Greece by the German army, Estia closed, but soon after the liberation it resumed its publication. Estia has been managed by the Kyrou family for more than 120 years. Adonis Kyrou II was its publisher from 1898 to 1918, Achilleus A. Kyrou from 1918 to 1950, Kyros Kyrou from 1950 to 1974, and Adonis Kyrou III from 1974 until 1997, when the paper was taken over by Kyrou's nephew Alexis Zaousis. The current editor-in-chief is L. Dimakopoulou.
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