Petros Orologas
Petros Orologas was a Greek journalist and newspaper publisher. He was one of the most important personalities of the press in Thessaloniki during the period 1912-2012.
Life
Orologas was born in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire . In 1920s he lived in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he became active as a journalist in the local press. From 1921 he was director of the newspaper Tαχυδρόμος Bορείου Eλλάδος, a post he retained together with his brother, Alexandros Orologas, until 1927. The specific newspaper was politically oriented against Venizelism. He also wrote as a columnist there.In 1938 Orologas was involved in a literary dispute with the progressive authors and journalists of the magazine "Μακεδονικές Ημέρες", defending a conservative approach in literature. Latter in 1939 he became one of the directors of the local newspaper "Απογευματινή", where he also wrote several articles, especially critics signing under the pen name "Vradynos". He also wrote for several other newspapers published in Thessaloniki: "Μακεδονία", "Εθνική", "Φως" and "Νέοι Καιροί".