Greece

Kostas Vaxevanis , the Greek whistleblower journalist who embarrassed a Greek government that hadn't acted on a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts by publishing their names, went on trial again on Oct. 8 of violating their...

A second trial for Greek investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who was cleared last year of breaching privacy rights but is being prosecuted again on the same charge because the prosecution was unhappy he was acquitted, has been postponed to...

Greek investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who exposed the names of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in secret Swiss bank accounts that wasn't checked for tax evasion - and was prosecuted for it - has been honored with...

Six months after the murder of Greek investigative reporter, Giorgos Karaivaz, the group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is asking the Greek government to speed up the investigation. The prominent Greek journalist was brutally murdered on the morning of April 9, 2021...

Police officers arrested on Monday journalist and publisher Kostas Vaxevanis after a lawsuit filed on Sunday by former Prime Minster Antonis Samaras. Vaxevanis was sued by Samaras for libel following a post on twitter. He was arrested in a court, a...

Investigations into the notorious Lagarde list, that includes names of Greek persons and businesses with deposits in Swiss bank accounts, has brought in approximately 80 million euros for the Greek state, according to Kathimerini newspaper. Out of 1,275 people and business that...

Father Ephraim of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was suing Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis for two of his articles published on the Internet and in print, concerning exchanges between the monastery and the state. The court partially vindicated the...

The Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis, was unanimously acquitted for publishing the content of the Lagarde list. The court prosecutor that was assigned to the case suggested that Mr. Vaxevanis should be found guilty of publishing the Lagarde List in his...

Media outlets in Greece plan a 24-hour general strike on Wednesday (31 October) in response to deteriorating press freedoms and cuts in social security and labour rights. Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras filed an amendment that could also undermine a...

The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) of Greece has already conducted 500 inspections of cases in the notorious "Lagarde list." As reported violations were discovered in all 500 cases. The SDOE director Theodoros Floratos reported that so far about 25% of the...

Greek Police arrested the journalist who published the list with the names of 2,059 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch. The arrest took place at a house of a friend of the Greek journalist in...