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From Novartis-scandal to Novartis-gate, when gov’t officials spread fake news

Prominent justice reporter Ioanna Mandrou complained in a shocking denouncement on Friday about “an organized disinformation plan to court editors” regarding the impeachment of former SYRIZA deputy Justice Minister and the prosecutor who had investigated the Novartis scandal in Greece. “With an unanimous decision, ex deputy Justice Minister Dimitris Papaggelopoulos …

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Pharmacology professor Kouvelas on trial for spreading misinformation on Covid vaccines

Dimitris Kouvelas, professor of clinical pharmacology at the Aristotle University and a vocal critic of the vaccines against Covid-19 and the coronavirus containment measures, went on trial in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Tuesday for disseminating misinformation regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. Kouvelas was put under investigation and indicted last year after …

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Greek Defense Ministry denies reports “Army to procure drones from Turkey”

Greece’s Ministry of National Defense categorically dismisses as “fake news” reports mainly on Turkish websites that “the Greek Army intends to procure remote-controlled or unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) of Turkish construction.” The Ministry categorically denies these reports and notes that “it reserves all its legal rights to deal with the …

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Playing dirty in Greek politics: ND spreads fake news about Tsipras’ deceased father

Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy has been playing dirty ahead of European and local elections and on the occasion of the confidence vote in the Parliament. On Wednesday during the debate in Parliament, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed that the deceased father of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and a …

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EU Commission event against Fake News for “Greeks with beard only”

The European Commission in Athens organizes a special event on April 1st exclusively for bearded Greeks. The event is supposed to be a campaign against Fake News, however, it does not addresses all citizens in the country. “Cut the beard. Stop Fake News. See the clean face of truth,” is …

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“I’m happy to be alive,” says Greek director Costa Gavras on the news of his “death”

Greek and international media including news agencies like Associated Press and mainstream media like NY Times fell victim of a hoax claiming that prominent Greek film director Costa Gavras had died. The hoax was posted on social media on Thursday afternoon. “I am happy to be alive,” prominent Greek director …

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Greek director of historical film accused of “staging migrants drowning”

A video that went viral in many countries purported to show a television crew staging migrants drowning on a beach in Crete. Greek Director Eleni Vlassi was shooting a historical documentary on a beach in Crete when, unknowingly, she found herself accused of staging a drowning of migrants by dozens of …

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Turkey probes social media accounts for “threatening economic security”

While Turkey’s currency crisis continues also on Monday, Erdogan’s regime believes to have found who is responsible for the crisis: it is social media accounts that “who shared posts to provoke the rise in the dollar exchange rate” and spreading fake news. Shares in Europe’s major banks lost further ground …

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Tsipras urges bankers to tell the truth about evictions and dismiss “media Fake News”

“You must inform the society about what we are doing and stop the spreading of  fakes news by the media,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the board of the Hellenic Banking Association at a meeting in his office on Monday. Tsipras was pointing out at the furore in mainstream media …

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