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18 / 10 / 2022

“The food we eat”: Solomon offers support to two investigative journalists

Invitation for application | Support for journalists wishing to investigate issues related to food systems.

12 / 09 / 2022

Cyber attack against Solomon — 220 million hits in three days

The websites of Solomon and BIRN came under a massive DDoS attack after they published a joint investigation on Yasam Ayavefe – a Turkish businessman convicted of fraud. The website Inside Story had received a similar attack after publishing its report about Ayavefe’s honorary Greek citizenship.

03 / 08 / 2022

Solomon’s reporter Malichudis under surveillance for “national security reasons”

In a closed-door Parliamentary meeting, the head of Greece’s National Intelligence Service reportedly confirmed that two journalists had been under surveillance, including Solomon's Stavros Malichudis. A few months ago, Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis had repeatedly affirmed that “it is self-evident that there is no surveillance of journalists in Greece.”

22 / 03 / 2022

UNHCR responds to Solomon over Mitarachi’s definition of “real” refugees

Greek minister of Migration Notis Mitarachi invokes international law to distinguish "real" from "non-real" refugees. The UNHCR's response to Solomon refutes his allegations.

10 / 03 / 2022

Solomon files complaint with Supreme Court in case against National Intelligence Agency

Last November, it was revealed that citizens, including a Solomon journalist, were under surveillance by the Greek National Intelligence Agency (EYP) - calling into question the legality of such actions. Now, by filing a legal complaint against EYP with the country's highest court, we call for authorities to investigate the possibility that criminal offences may have been committed by officials of an agency which appears to operate without any accountability.

22 / 02 / 2022

The food we eat: Tomatoes and greed – the exodus of Ghana’s farmers

Solomon's “The food we eat” online discussions host exceptional journalistic works from around the world and contribute to the understanding of how our food systems cause global problems such as displacement and ecological collapse.

01 / 02 / 2022

IPI on legal threat against Solomon, RU: “Clear attempt to silence public interest reporting”

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) has published an alert on the pre-litigation warning that we received from NGO Hopeten, along with our colleagues at Reporters United. The International Press Insitute (IPI) notes that it views the warning as a clear attempt to silence the two media's public interest investigative reporting.

31 / 01 / 2022

SLAPPs against Greek independent media Solomon and Reporters United

The NGO Hopeten served members and journalists of Solomon and Reporters United with a legal notice regarding questions we had asked them as part of our investigation. Below is the legal notice and our response – this is not their first attempt at hindering our research and reports before we even publish anything.

15 / 01 / 2022

Six years with Solomon

Today is Solomon’s 6th birthday, which means that if Solomon was a person, he’d be starting school now — a new exciting stage of development and learning.

19 / 11 / 2021

Media Freedom Rapid Response stands in solidarity with Solomon

Intelligence service leak reveals monitoring of investigative platform and journalist

16 / 11 / 2021

I am the journalist being watched by the Greek secret service

Our colleague Stavros Malichudis found out from a newspaper article that the National Intelligence Service, the agency charged with protecting national security, had information “from a highly credible source” about a story he was working on. He asks: Is journalism a threat to democracy?

15 / 11 / 2021

Greek National Intelligence Service spying on Solomon: Does our journalism threaten national security?

Greece’s central intelligence agency targeting the work of Solomon… What’s going on?