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Anexartitos Efimeris tis Ellados (Greek: Ανεξάρτητος Εφημερίς της Ελλάδος, lit. 'Independent Newspaper of Greece') was a Greek newspaper published in Hydra on July 29, 1827 and its publication moved to Aegina on April 17, 1828. Its circulation ended on May 28, 1828 after the verbal announcement that Ioannis Kapodistrias directed to the editor of the paper. The newspaper was aimed at the people, while its main goal was to take them out of the darkness.

History
During its first years, the newspaper printed one issue a week, whereas with its transport to Aegina, semiweekly. The required subscription amounted to 5 spanish nickels every semester, which had to be paid in advance. From the beginning of its publication till the end of it, 40 pages were printed in total, 31 of each printed in Hydra and the rest in Aegina.

Editors and columnists
Editor of the newspaper was Pantelis K. Pantelis, a sailor from Hydra, closely connected to the Kountouriotis family. He served as an officer in many ships, up till the moment he decided to found the newspaper. He neither belonged in the world of politics, nor the one of scholarship. He was almost illiterate. In general, he is considered to be an advocate of democratic freedoms and constitutional institutions. He defended freedom avidly. Through his paper, which was his personal agent, he opposed to the Kodjabashis and Phanariots, even to the Administration.

Content
The Anexartitos Efimeris became the means where the sailor from Hydra P. K. Pantelis expressed his personal opinions and it did not serve political interests. It stood on the antipode of the General Newspaper of Greece, which, according to P.K. Pantelis, was controlled by the Phanariots and the Kodjabashis. The newspaper had a judgmental tone as it commentated accutely people and social groups while also criticizing the decisions of the 'Antigovernment Committee', when they opposed to democratic procedures. The columnists dealt with political and social issues of the time. After its transportation to Aegina, the aggressive tone the newspaper had when it was published in Hydra was dialed down and it now published decisions and orders of Ioannis Kapodistrias. Following the end of its circulation, the paper was republished for a short amount of time in 1842, with the goal to fight for the granting of Constitution. The slogan of the paper was a quote from Aristotle 'It is our sacred duty to prefer the truth'. Its dimensions were originally 27x20 cm. and later 31x20 cm.

Acceptance
Because of its judgmental tone towards the Administration, multiple members of authority pursued the termination of the circulation of the newspaper, in September of 1827. Nevertheless, it continued publishing up until 1828, when its publication is finally ended, at the request of Ioannis Kapodistrias. This happened besides the fact that, in the meantime, Pantelis K. Pantelis had followed a more flexible approach and had taken the side of Kapodistrias.

Role on the Greek Revolution
The Independent Newspaper of Greece started its publication when the first newspapers of the Greek Revolution had stopped its circulation, with the single exeption of the 'General Newspaper of Greece'. Nonetheless, tha latter had also lost its currency following the deposition of Theoklitos Farmakidis, who had taken on the management of the newspaper.

Titles of articles

 * "NAFPLION"
 * "News of Corinthian Bay"
 * "The shadow of Timoleon"
 * "Dialogue Benevolent"
 * "About Nafplion"
 * "Western Greece"
 * "PARIS"
 * "News from London"
 * "About arrogance"