{"id":14808,"date":"2026-04-20T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/georgiadis-to-sue-former-nd-lawmaker-over-corruption-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:59:04","slug":"georgiadis-to-sue-former-nd-lawmaker-over-corruption-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/georgiadis-to-sue-former-nd-lawmaker-over-corruption-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgiadis to sue former ND lawmaker over corruption claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301377\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salmasgeorgiadis_combo-320x200.jpg?v=1776678510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salmasgeorgiadis_combo.jpg?v=1776678510\" alt=\"Georgiadis to sue former ND lawmaker over corruption claims\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salmasgeorgiadis_combo-960x600.jpg?v=1776678511\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said Monday he will file a criminal complaint and civil lawsuit this week against former New Democracy lawmaker and current independent MP Marios Salmas over recent public remarks he described as defamatory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been thoroughly investigated by everyone. I have nothing to hide,\u201d Georgiadis said in an interview with state broadcaster ERT. \u201cMr Salmas made an extremely offensive claim about my moral integrity. Since I do not wish to engage in a public dispute with him, this matter will go to the courts, where he will be asked to prove what he is saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dispute stems from a recent interview Salmas gave to Crete TV, in which he referred to alleged corruption in public hospitals and questioned the awarding of public contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know exactly what is happening in hospitals and how contracts are given out. So he should be more careful,\u201d Salmas said. \u201cSometimes investigations can also involve the health sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgiadis was named in Greece\u2019s Novartis corruption investigation, which ultimately did not result in any convictions against him.<\/p>\n<p>Salmas served as deputy health minister in 2009 and as alternate health minister from 2012 to 2013. He was ousted from the ruling New Democracy party in 2024 after alleging that the government had manipulated tenders for catering services at the ministries of culture and health.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1301377\/georgiadis-to-sue-former-nd-lawmaker-over-corruption-claims\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said Monday he will file a criminal complaint and civil lawsuit this week against former New Democracy lawmaker and current independent MP Marios Salmas over recent public remarks he described as defamatory. \u201cI have been thoroughly investigated by everyone. I have nothing to hide,\u201d Georgiadis said in an interview &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Georgiadis to sue former ND lawmaker over corruption claims\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/georgiadis-to-sue-former-nd-lawmaker-over-corruption-claims\/#more-14808\" aria-label=\"Read more about Georgiadis to sue former ND lawmaker over corruption claims\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salmasgeorgiadis_combo-960x600.jpg?v=1776678511","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}