Rows over press freedom overshadow Greece’s recent achievements

government has done a fine job of polishing its image with tourists and investors since Kyriakos Mitsotakis took over as prime minister in 2019. The country’s ancient heritage, not least the invention of democracy, plays a big role in the messaging. But just as in the fifth century , freedom of speech matters too.Greece tumbled 38 places this year in the World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (), an based in Paris. Ranking 108th (out of 180), the Greeks for the first time lagged behind all other countries as well as their Balkan neighbours.