The news that iefimerida journalist Sofia Giannaka was summoned to the Disciplinary Board of the Hellenic Journalists' Union for an opinion article has caused a wave of reactions in the political and journalistic world.

Columnists, politicians, journalists, cartoonists and a host of well-known users on social media rushed to condemn the journalist's summons to the Disciplinary Board of the Hellenic Journalists' Union and to defend freedom of expression.

It is recalled that Sofia Giannaka was summoned via e-mail by the first-instance disciplinary board of the Hellenic Journalists' Union to appear for an apology on the grounds that on February 13, 2025, she wrote an article about Maria Karystianou.

In its reasoning, ESIEA, as Sofia Giannaka herself explains in her new article entitled “In the Disciplinary Court because I ‘‘touched’’ Karystianou”, is essentially calling her out for an “offense”:

“As she states, in my article about Ms. Karystianou I do not take into account ‘‘the general social demand for justice, as well as the struggle of a mother for vindication and punishment of the guilty’’”, to add: “The journalist’s mission is not to identify with the climate of the ‘‘general social demand’’. But to analyze it and accordingly share or disagree with it. His job is to interpret the loudspeakers of each square and not a priori justify them”.

Sofia Giannaka also emphasizes: "I expressed my opinion without any slurs, political condemnations and trials of intentions. Unlike some followers of the other view, who consciously reproduce false ''revelations'' and judge on the front pages. Without any disturbance from ESIEA."

Dimitris Vervesos, president of the Athens Bar Association, recently stated in a memo to the appellate investigator that “the Greek public has been left with the impression that the Tempi crime has been tainted by an attempt to mislead.” However, within days, it was revealed that he had been in possession of expert investigator Anastasios Dedes‘ report since January 2024—a report that debunked all conspiracy theories surrounding the fireball that erupted immediately after the train collision. Despite having ordered the report himself, Vervesos merely submitted it to the investigator handling the case while continuing to speak of a “cover-up,” even though the report clearly stated that the fire was caused by the train collision, the electric arc generated, and the combustion of the transformer oils in the locomotive engine of the passenger train.