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The Constitution Of Greece
Article - 14 in Greek
1. Every person may express and propagate his thoughts orally, in writing and through the press in compliance with the laws of the State.
2. The press is free.
Censorship and all other preventive measures are prohibited.
3. The seizure of newspapers and other publications before or after circulation is prohibited.
Seizure by order of the public prosecutor shall be allowed exceptionally after circulation and in case of: a) an offence against the Christian or any other known religion.
b) an insult against the person of the President of the Republic.
c) a publication which discloses information on the composition, equipment and set-up of the armed forces or the fortifications of the country, or which aims at the violent overthrow of the regime or is directed against the territorial integrity of the State.
d) an obscene publication which is obviously offensive to public decency, in the cases stipulated by law.
4. In all the cases specified under the preceding paragraph, the public prosecutor must, within twenty-four hours from the seizure, submit the case to the judicial council which, within the next twenty-four hours, must rule whether the seizure is to be maintained or lifted; otherwise it shall be lifted ipso jure.
An appeal may be lodged with the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court by the publisher of the newspaper or other printed matter seized and by the public prosecutor.
5. Every person offended by an inaccurate publication or broadcast has the right to reply, and the information medium has a corresponding obligation for full and immediate retraction.
Every person offended by an insulting or defamatory publication or broadcast has also the right to reply, and the information medium has a corresponding obligation for immediate publication or transmission of the reply.
The manner in which the right to reply is exercised and in which the full and immediate retraction or publication and transmission of the reply is made, shall be specified by law.
6. After at least three convictions within five years for the criminal acts defined under paragraph 3, the court shall order the definitive ban or the temporary suspension of the publication of the paper and, in severe cases, shall prohibit the convicted person from practising the profession of journalist as specified by law.
The ban or suspension of publication shall be effective as of the date the court order becomes irrevocable.
7. The matters relating to the civil and criminal liability of the press and of the other media and to the expeditious court hearing of relevant cases shall be specified by law.
8. The conditions and qualifications requisite for the practice of the profession of journalist shall be specified by law.
9. The ownership status, the financial condition and the financing means of information media should be disclosed, as specified by law.
The measures and restrictions necessary for fully ensuring transparency and plurality in information shall be specified by law.
Concentration of the control of more than information media of the same type or of different types is prohibited.
More specifically, concentration of more than one electronic information media of the same type is prohibited, as specified by law.
The capacity of owner, partner, main shareholder or management executive of an information media enterprise is incompatible with the capacity of owner, partner, main shareholder or management executive of an enterprise that undertakes towards the Public Administration or towards a legal entity of the wider public sector to carry out works or supplies or to provide services.
The prohibition of the previous section also applies to all types of intercalated persons, such as spouses, relatives, financially dependent persons or companies.
A law shall set out the specific regulations, the sanctions which may be carried to the point of revoking the license of a radio or television station and to the point of prohibiting conclusion of or annulling the relevant contract, as well as the means of control and the guarantees for deterring infringements of the previous sections.
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