Defamation

Turkey on March 23 criticized the continuing "defamatory and false" claims made about Turkey by the president of the Czech Republic.     

Former Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias has lodged a suit with the Supreme Court prosecutor against former defense minister Panos Kammenos for slander, threats and the spreading of fake news, it emerged on Monday.

An Athens court has ordered Greece's Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis to pay financial damages to the family of a journalist for defamation of character.

Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou on Monday submitted legislation in Parliament that, among other measures, will adopt European Union rules which will allow people suspected of a crime to seek compensation when public figures violate their right to presumption of innocence.

Journalist Costas Vaxevanis was arrested on Monday following a legal suit lodged against him by former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras for defamation.

Shortly before his arrest, an appeals court in Athens had exonerated him over another defamation suit against him brought by Lina Nikolopoulou, the wife of Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras.

Former prime minister Antonis Samaras has filed a defamation suit against journalist Costas Vaxevanis over a Facebook post last week in which he accuses the ex-conservative leader of lying about his involvement in the Novartis case.

Quiet, unobtrusive, he successfully led and developed Radio 021 in his own unique way.

He belonged to a minority that does not engage in zealotry, and his constant need to build bridges was a rarity.

Academy award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush Friday filed defamation proceedings against a News Corp newspaper in Australia over a story claiming he engaged in “inappropriate behavior” at a Sydney theater.

Greece's foreign ministry accused the British newspaper Financial Times of defaming and lying and accused it of "violating journalistic ethics" for an article about Minister Nicos Kodias.

The Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday over an article in the Financial Times citing concerns about the independence of the Greek judicial system in the wake of a court ruling vindicating Minister Nikos Kotzias in a defamation suit against a small Greek publisher.