The BBC faces turmoil after revelations that a documentary edited parts of Donald Trump’s 2021 speech, prompting the resignations of senior executives and fierce criticism from the former U.S. president, who accused the network of “corrupt journalism.”
Former agriculture minister Makis Voridis told Parliament’s investigative committee he never intervened in subsidy cases, rejecting claims of pressure, favoritism, while accusing the opposition of a political witch hunt as the OPEKEPE inquiry deepens
From Athens to Beijing to Canberra, the same truth endures: ethical leadership is the cornerstone of public trust. Scandals may differ in scale or style, but they expose a shared moral crisis—the distance between transparency and virtue, between law and conscience
The farming scandal issue was one of the topics Greek PM Mitsotakis commented on in his weekly Facebook review.
The alleged leader of a criminal network accused of defrauding Greece’s agricultural payment agency has been jailed, bringing the total number of pre-trial detentions to ten. The case involves 37 defendants accused of illegally claiming EU farm subsidies
After overnight questioning in Thessaloniki, 34 of the 37 suspects in the major OPEKEPE subsidy fraud case were transferred to Athens under tight police escort.
Ex-president Grigoris Varras has accused political and corporate figures of pressuring him to resign, while new testimonies and delays in hearings show the inquiry is still unfolding
The judicial freeze is accompanied by referral to the European prosecutor's office of a high-profile case file on results of an investigation into more than one million euros of fraudulently doled out between 2019-24
A special committee holds its first session on Monday to investigate decades of mismanagement in Greece’s farming payments agency, with sharp clashes expected between government and opposition
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has removed Ambassador Peter Mandelson after revelations of his close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, including supportive emails sent during Epstein’s 2008 prison term
Czech journalists reveal the role of an Israeli entrepreneur in supplying surveillance equipment to Greece, connected to the Predator spyware scandal
In 2025, the prime minister stressed that Greece no longer needs scandals but demands truth, even if it exposes ongoing dysfunctions.
Parliament opens inquiry into long-standing mismanagement of agricultural subsidies, as parties clash over whether former ministers should face criminal investigation
“We will focus on 25 priorities, basic reforms, which will make up the core of our government plan from now until the end of the year,” Mitsotakis said.
While Megan Kerrigan Byron has not issued a public statement, she has made a series of subtle but telling moves online. First, she removed her husband’s surname from her social media profiles. Then, she deactivated her accounts on both Facebook and Instagram
Farmers are planning to gather at 11 a.m. on the old Athens–Thessaloniki national road while presence of tractors and other vehicles is expected to cause significant disruption in the area
The bulk of the fake declarations appear to have been filed by livestock farmers from the island of Crete between 2019 and 2022.
Instead of highlighting six years in power, government communication has shifted focus to the tenth anniversary of Greece’s 2015 referendum, a move seen by observers as an attempt to draw contrasts with the instability of that era
Opposition calls for a parliamentary inquiry. The administration weighs up the problem under enormous pressure over the OPEKEPE affair