A revealing letter from former OPEKEPE president Vangelis Simandrakos to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office sheds new light on the political pressures that preceded his resignation in December 2023. The…
Following new revelations published today by the newspaper Kathimerini, PASOK–Movement for Change is demanding explanations from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis regarding when he first became aware of the OPEKEPE scandal.
Four high-ranking Greek government officials, including a cabinet minister, three deputy ministers and a senior ministry secretary, have resigned following the release of evidence implicating them in a major EU…
The scandal engulfing Greece’s agricultural subsidy agency deepened this week, as the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) transmitted a 3,000-page case file to the Greek Parliament. At the core of…
The €415 million fine imposed on Greece by the European Commission in connection with one of the most serious subsidy fraud scandals in the country’s recent history will ultimately be…
On Wednesday 19 June, the Greek parliament approved a government-sponsored proposal restricting legal proceedings against former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Kostas Karamanlis to a single misdemeanour charge of dereliction…
“This is going too far,” Mitsotakis said, speaking at the New Democracy political committee on Monday. “In desperation, they have reached the most extreme step: to accuse ministers and me,…
On Tuesday, the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels will hold a debate among political groups on the Tempe train disaster, in the presence of Commissioner for Transport Apostolos…
Earlier today, the Israeli presidential aircraft, a Boeing 767-338(ER) registered as 4X-ISR, landed at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, according to flight tracking data from the platform Flightradar24. The plane is…
A group of 41 student union presidents from Athens and Thessaloniki have sent an open letter to the Minister for Education, Sofia Zacharaki, criticising the government for promoting a distorted…