corruption
Greece
Greece Warned to Improve Anti-Corruption Drive
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
Greece Ranks 13th for Corruption Among Western States
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,...
Crime
Katerina Savvaidou to Submit Proposal to Appeals Council
Former General Secretary of Public Revenue, Katerina Savvaidou, is being referred to the Prosecutor's Office with her proposal to the Appeals Council.
In her letter to the Appeals Council, Prosecutor Maria Gane, suggests that Katerina Savvaidou be indicted for...
Greece
Greek Health Ministry Announces E-Platform to Address Country's Health Care Corruption
This week the Greek government announced that it will be tackling the problem of corruption in the health care system in Greece by introducing the creation of an electronic, or e-platform to monitor the "envelope" system.
This is the first...
Cyprus
Dirty Games in Cyprus
Cyprus has a serious problem. Not because people don’t care but because it is drowned by political opportunists and institutional corruption.
The AKEL/DYSI – DYSI/AKEL government for the past ten years have created a political mess and if the same...
Crime
Greece's 'Shadow Economy' Ranks First Worldwide at 21.5% of GDP, study shows
Greece's 'shadow economy' ranks first in the world estimated at 21.5% of gross domestic product, a study by the Institute for Applied Economic Research at the University of Tübingen in Germany (IAW) says.
The study, which is published in Forbes, defines...
Greece
Tsipras Highlights Issues of Corruption in Greece to Parliament
Corruption in Greece is not an occasional phenomenon and is related to development conditions of capitalism in the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday stressed to the Parliament in reply to a question raised by Potami leader Stavros...
Greece
Corruption in Greece has Not Increased, General Secretariat Says
Corruption in Greece has not increased "but is only now being uncovered," the General Secretariat for Combating Corruption said in an announcement on Tuesday, responding to press reports. He also pointed out that Transparency International's annual report for 2016...
Greece
Corruption Index Reveals Greece Has Risen in Ranking
The latest numbers have been released for the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index and Greece's position has risen from 58th in 2015 to 69th place in 2016 out of 167 countries rated.
The data revealed that the least corrupt country was...
Greece
Greek Government in Yet Another Blatant Attempt to Control the Press
If backflips were an Olympic sport, it is certain that Mr. Tsipras and his cabinet would bring plenty of gold medals to Greece. Only days ago, the ailing Lambrakis Press Organization (DOL) that is on the brink of bankruptcy,...