The Blue Skies scandal that has recently gripped public opinion in Greece was once again picked up by a foreign media outlet, this time Euractiv.com. The affair rocked the Greek government and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with allegations of a triangular conflict of interest involving the funneling of money from ruling New Democracy (ND) via […]

Farantouris is asking the European Commission to examine whether these practices violate EU rules governing transparency and integrity in political party operations

International news outlet Politico focuses on the recently surfaced “Blue Skies affair,” which led to opposition parties unleashing harsh criticism against the ruling party of New Democracy (ND) and PM Mitsotakis, using the title “Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party” in its feature article. Blue Skies is a subsidiary of the much more well-known communications […]

At the center of the controversy is the claim that Blue Skies paid salaries to more than a dozen individuals who simultaneously held key positions within New Democracy, effectively operating as a covert wing of the party

The fact that so many top New Democracy (ND) party cadres were paid by the firm Blue Skies, owned by Thomas Varvitsiotis and Yiannis Olympios, without ever citing this publicly, raises very serious moral issues, regardless of the legality

New evidence and revelations emerging about the “Truth Team” and the propaganda apparatus of Greece’s ruling New Democracy (ND) party and the prime minister’s office are now divulging a reality far beyond simple public opinion manipulation or character assassination of political rivals. What is coming to light is a murky, circuitous mechanism operating within the […]