corruption

A high-ranking official of Greece's General Accounting Office has been charged for illegally making the Greek state a guarantor to 57 businesses in Northern Greece that were facing financial challenges. The prosecutor's investigation has found that this employee signed off on requests for the Greek state...

Ten years after the multi-million euro Siemens corruption scandal was exposed, the trial is about to start at the Athens Court of Appeals amid hurdles. The charges are for bribery and money laundering, as the Greek prosecution accuses former Siemens CEO...

Greeks are not that dishonest after all. A new survey by the University of East Anglia questioned 1,500 people from 15 different countries on how honest they are and the degree of honesty they believe their own countries as well as other ones have. The degree of...

The mysterious "1101" that many believed was a new political movement by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis turned out to be a news portal. In early October, a television commercial appeared announcing the formation of something new. "The 1101...

They became symbols of social struggle, they became known all over the world, they served as SYRIZA's handy propaganda tools, they became icons in social media, now they became secretaries. It would be a good scenario for an episode of the...

In just two days, the Alexis Tsipras government made two shows of semi-authoritarianism that don't fit with their loud declarations of fairness, social justice, battle against corruption and clientelism. The arbitrary dismissal of the general secretary for public revenue Katerina Savvaidou...

On Monday, the Greek court found guilty of bribery three formerly prestigious government officials. The corrupt activity the officials participated in included breach of faith (betrayal of confidence or trust) and money laundering that took place while the officials were in positions...

After being incarcerated for three and a half years, Vicky Stamati, the wife of former Greek National Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, is to be released from prison under certain conditions. Stamati has been ordered to pay 50,000 euros and report...

"Corruption is widespread in the Greek society and in order to combat it, political will - that does not exist - is required," General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis was quoted as saying. Rakintzis continued by stating corruption costs Greece 33...

Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras on Monday will present the government policy from the floor of the first plenary after the September 20 elections. Tsipras will have to ask from the plenary to vote for the new reforms and...