Freedom of the Press

These "Rouvikonas" self-styled anarchists declare that in the society they dream of the duty articulated by Voltaire to defend the right of others to express differing opinions has no place.

Unfortunately, in our battered country we for too long tolerated violent rhetoric and provocative daily violence, from the extreme right Golden Dawn party to the self-styled anarchist group Rouvikonas.

It is not just democratic norms that mandate that a minister cannot tell a journalist “Who are you to ask me?”

We journalists will not be daunted, but the fact that such an affirmation is necessary confirms that our democracy is wounded.

The targeting of the media was and is the foundation of the PM’s political career. Like many other populist leaders, it was and is his fervent desire to control and subjugate the press.

The arrest of journalists was carried by the international media and embarrassed the country, as Greece appeared as a state that tramples on freedom of the press

It is his government, in other words the PM himself, who reached the point of seeking to jail journalists

It is clear that countries of the Eastern Bloc find it difficult to tolerate the values and traditions of liberal democracy. Unfortunately, the same stands true for many cadres of the Greek Left

Can the prime minister explain what the limits are? When, in his view, does criticism become targeted propaganda, of which he accused Ta Nea?