Authorities are reportedly ready to freeze some 70 bank accounts and safe deposit boxes of 10 suspects, who, in total, received roughly three million euros in fraudulently approved subsidies

A preliminary investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is underway into €2.5 million in subsidies allegedly received by Greek politician Kalliopi Semertzidou and her family, with anti-money laundering authorities also involved in the probe

The European Commission has already ordered Greece to forfeit nearly €400 million in funding for 2026 — over 20 percent of the direct payments it was due to receive. In response, the government pledged to shut down OPEKEPE by the end of 2026

The development was followed by the resignation of a ND whose name has been prominently linked over the recent period to the OPEKEPE subsidies scandal

In 2025, the prime minister stressed that Greece no longer needs scandals but demands truth, even if it exposes ongoing dysfunctions.

The farming subsidy scandal, which has raised serious concerns about the mismanagement of EU funds, has sparked renewed political and public scrutiny over the handling of European resources in Greece.

He also dismissed Ankara's annoyance with the declaration of a marine park in the Greek territorial waters in the southern Aegean, saying Athens doesn't discuss issues of sovereignty

Traveling from regions of Thessaly, Macedonia, and Central Greece, the demonstrators arrived armed with banners, demanding a direct meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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

Opposition calls for a parliamentary inquiry. The administration weighs up the problem under enormous pressure over the OPEKEPE affair

Long before the tragic Tempi railway accident in 2023 thrust it into the public eye, she had already begun investigating Contract 717, alleging mismanagement and delays.

As if handing out subsidies to creatures like that wasn’t bad enough, they were stealing them, too

The political atmosphere has grown increasingly tense following the release of recorded conversations implicating officials in clientelist practices.

He referred to a probe by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office pointing to misuse and outright fraud by the now disbanded Greek Payment Authority of Common Agricultural Policy

Plevris’s return to the cabinet signals a shift toward a more right-leaning political stance by Athens, at a time when the government is facing mounting political pressure and internal instability.

Their exits come on the heels of a dramatic political fallout a day earlier, when Migration and Asylum Minister Makis Voridis, along with four deputy ministers, resigned.

Migration and Asylum Minister Makis Voridis’ resignation was accepted by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as were the ones tendered by Deputy FM Tasos Papavasiliou, Deputy Ag Minister Dionysis Stamenitis and Deputy Digital Governance Minister Christos Boukoros

Despite growing criticism, the ruling New Democracy party continues to hold a comfortable lead in voter intentions

Last month's raid at the OPEKEPE HQ in Athens confiscated data and files, generating eight indictments and charges that will lead to a court trial

Everything you need to know about the Greek farming scandal- from the ministers who signed-off, to the “technical solutions" and the investigations.