Greece's Council of State has ordered the national intelligence service to hand over surveillance records on journalist Thanasis Koukakis, who was targeted by the Predator spyware, in a key development in the wiretapping scandal.

Greece’s Supreme Court has dismissed the latest lawsuits filed by PASOK President Nikos Androulakis and journalist Thanasis Koukakis in Greece's convoluted "Predatorgate" scandal.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and eight other intl press freedom orgs call the lawsuits "groundless" and demand Grigoris Dimitriadis, former general secretary and nephew of PM Mitsotakis, drops charges against investigative reporters and media