A court on Tuesday ordered a television station to pay damages to Romania's anti-corruption prosecutor for making defamatory remarks about her. The appeal's court in the city of Ploiesti ordered Antena 3 and three commentators to pay 300,000 lei ($79,000) in damages to National Anti-Corruption Directorate Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi. The court told the station to issue an apology to Kovesi for three consecutive days. Kovesi said the false "allegations of an extreme gravity were made with the sole goal of undermining (her) personal and professional authority." The station often criticizes the anti-corruption agency and its work.

Source: ABC News March 20, 2018 17:03 UTC