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A Swedish tourist falsely accused two Greek men of raping her, it has been revealed.
The 26-year-old woman with one of the two men 19-year-old men at a popular bar on the island of Naxos and agreed to consensual sexual intercourse after a while. The couple left the bar and went to a nearby beach where they had intercourse.

Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou on Thursday clarified that rape remains a felony under legislation passed by parliament on Thursday and that lawmakers have finalised its definition in paragraph 5 of Article 336, which says that "anyone attempting a sexual act without the consent of the victim is punished with up to 10 years imprisonment." 

The Greek chapter of Amnesty International called on the Ministry of Justice to amend the definition of rape in its new draft penal code article 336 to base it on the lack of consent rather than on resistance and violence committed.