Is it a thing?
https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2019/01/athens-review-of-books-under-threat-from-politically-motivated-legal-action-1.html#more
You will gather from that source that Greek courts don't seem to have an equivalent of the TIMES v. SULLIVAN rule in the US. They are open to the use of civil defamation lawsuits by butt-hurt politicians as a way of stifling free speech.
The first signatory of the letter of protest is Bruce Ackerman, a professor of both law and political science at Yale University -- and someone who knows the SULLIVAN rule quite well.
It is worthwhile watching as this one unfolds.
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