Greek reporter after death threats: journalism targeted by business-politics ties
Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis recently heard someone was trying to have him killed. Days later, another well-known investigative journalist was assassinated in a mafia-styled execution in Athens. EURACTIV spoke to Vaxevanis to find out if press freedom is in trouble in Greece. A source told Vaxevanis there were death contracts against him and another journalist just three days before fellow reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was shot dead on 6 April. The same source claimed the contract against Vaxevanis had been put out by TV presenter Menios Fourthiotis. Vaxevanis had recently accused Fourthioti...
Source: euractiv.com