Greece

A staggering 98 percent of Greek citizens think corruption is "widespread" in their country, according to the latest European Union survey on the subject. That percentage among Greeks is far higher than the 68 percent of respondents among all EU...

Hundreds of people gathered in Nicosia on Wednesday to protest the alleged widespread corruption among politicians and lawyers surrounding the Golden Visa program. Politicians, including the president of the Cyprus Assembly, are under pressure to resign following the Al Jazeera...

The nation of Cyprus has abruptly stopped the issuance of Golden Visas after a press report  and video showed alleged corruption in the process, in which foreigners were welcomed to pay for a visa allowing them residence in the...

Greece significantly improved its corruption perception ranking in the index published by the Transparency International organization in 2019, scoring 48 points out of 100 and placing in 60th position worldwide. As recently as the year 2018, Greece had scored 45...

Akis Tsochatzopoulos, the disgraced former minister who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for taking kickbacks, is to be released on health grounds. The former politician, who served as a minister in several Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinets between...

Greece has been advised to clean up its act on corruption and transparency by the Council of Europe. In particular, the Greek government needs to tighten up its rules on party-political funding, lobbying and relationships between the judicial and executive...

Greece is falling behind on efforts to stamp out corruption. This was the conclusion of two reports issued Thursday by the Council of Europe (CoE)'s anti-corruption watchdog, GRECO. One report on corruption prevention in parliament and the judiciary said only six...

Greece ranks 13th in a list of the most corrupt Western nations, according to latest Transparency International (TI) figures. Greece's grading was based on areas such as government accountability, the justice system, health, education and law enforcement. By gathering data from entrepreneurs,...

The names of ten former ministers are on the list of suspects of bribery from a pharmaceuticals company to be investigated by the Greek Parliament, according to national broadcaster ERT. The list is forwarded from the Corruption Prosecutor's Office and...

Corruption in Greece is an ongoing political issue, that has been debated to death over the past 35 years. Now a new EU Commission "Eurobarometer" poll places Greece second only behind Cyprus in corruption perception in business, in the...

New charges have been filed in connection with the contract for the procurement of Chinook helicopters signed in 1998 under former minister of defense, Akis Tsochatzopoulos. The official estimates of damage brought about by the government for this deal...

A corruption prosecutor pressed charges of money laundering against former defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou on Friday, following the completion of the preliminary investigation into bank accounts held abroad. The charge also follows an audit into...

A Misdemeanors Council ordered the freezing of all assets owned by former defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou on Monday, after a relevant request by corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki. The decision, taken as part of an ongoing investigation into armaments contracts signed...

This week, Christos Stylianides, a spokesman for European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management announced that the European Union (EU) has suspended funding to a non-government organization (NGO) that provides aid for refugees due to allegations of sexual...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis leader of the main opposition party New Democracy continues to accuse Tsipras SYRIZA-ANEL government of corruption. Specifically stating Tsipras wrote off a 38-million-euro fine exacted on a tobacco firm co-owned by Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis. Mitsotakis made these statements...