{"id":64744,"date":"2018-02-19T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/greek-commissioner-wants-anonymous-witnesses-identified-in-novartis-case-11\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T14:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:52:36","slug":"greek-commissioner-wants-anonymous-witnesses-identified-in-novartis-case-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/greek-commissioner-wants-anonymous-witnesses-identified-in-novartis-case-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek commissioner wants anonymous witnesses identified in Novartis case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European commissioner for migration and home affairs, said he will file a lawsuit at the Greek Supreme Court asking for the protected witnesses who have accused him of taking bribes from Novartis to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo hood and no shaming will cast shadow on my face. It is a matter of moral order and dignity,\u201d Avramopoulos said during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/greek-commissioner-to-speak-out-on-novartis-bribery-allegations\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a press conference<\/a> today from the European Commission\u2019s office in Athens, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/947809\/article\/epikairothta\/politikh\/avramopoylos-kanenas-koykoyloforos-kai-kamia-skeywria-den-8a-ri3ei-yponoia-skias-sto-proswpo-moy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Greek media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner, who was health minister in Greece between 2006 and 2009, was accused by anonymous witnesses of taking bribes from Swiss drugmaker Novartis in exchange for buying some of its cancer drugs at prices much higher than the market value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is conspiracy, unbelievable lies [that] do not bear the characteristics of a witness testimony so that it can be evaluated,\u201d Avramopoulos said. \u201cThey have the obvious purpose of guiding my slander and defamation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said he regretted \u201cthe public debate is monopolized by an affair that has all the characteristics of a scourge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would bring the issue to the attention of the EU institutions as a matter of protecting the rule of law in Greece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iefimerida.gr\/news\/395175\/avramopoylos-gia-novartis-tha-kano-minysi-tha-zitiso-apo-ton-areio-pago-na-arthei\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iefimerida<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/greek-commissioner-wants-anonymous-witnesses-identified-in-novartis-case\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European commissioner for migration and home affairs, said he will file a..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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