A public hospital cardiologist received a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of repeatedly accepting illegal payments from patients seeking angioplasty procedures.

Authorities are investigating a suspected long-running scheme involving planning offices and municipalities in Attica, with allegations of illegal favors, payments and coded conversations used to arrange transactions.

The resignation of a senior Environment Ministry official comes as Greece advances major planning reforms amid corruption investigations and institutional change

The internal affairs unit of the Hellenic Police raided planning offices across three Athens suburbs, detaining six on bribery and illegal permits charges and recovering over 334,000 euros in cash.

A disciplinary investigation into a hospital anesthesiologist accused of requesting cash from a patient’s family has reportedly found grounds for further action

If a doctor requests cash in a Greek public hospital - aka ‘fakelaki’ - know your rights, document evidence, and report to authorities

A video allegedly shows an anesthesiologist at a public hospital discussing an unofficial payment with a patient, prompting an investigation and calls for the doctor's removal from the national health system

As scandals are buried and dissent recast as “toxicity,” citizens are nudged into silence—yet only vigilance and passion can resist the quiet normalization of democratic decay.

European prosecutors are casting an ever-wider net in the Greek farm subsidy scandal, with a third case file making its way to parliament targeting two more New Democracy lawmakers

Wiretaps ordered in 2021 on OPEKEPE officials unraveled a chain of alleged political interference and have now led European prosecutors to formally charge 11 ruling party figures

The relevant ministry clarified that the audit of irregular welfare benefits between 2020–2022 began in November 2023, with nearly two million euros reportedly doled out to beneficiaries who were not eligible

The former EU foreign policy chief steps down as director of the College of Europe after being formally charged in a probe into alleged favoritism in a European Commission contract for diplomat training, while cooperating fully with investigators

Federica Mogherini, ex-EU foreign policy chief, and two others face allegations of procurement fraud, corruption, and conflict of interest linked to EU-funded training for junior diplomats, Belgian prosecutors say

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Nineteen people were killed in violent clashes after a social media ban sparked nationwide unrest, plunging Nepal into political turmoil as young protesters demand an end to corruption

In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, near the war’s frontlines, hundreds of protesters — some in military uniform — marched under the slogan “Ukraine is not Russia."

During several raids of pharmacies, homes, doctors’ office and warehouses, in fact, more than 17,000 drug packages were recovered

The letter, which made explicit reference to a specific case and insinuated a monetary reward, was hand-delivered to the judge.

Six of the suspects are employees of the offices (the national cadastre), while three are private citizens accused of being the “intermediaries”

Internal affairs officers have reportedly collected evidence of a ring selling such fake academic certificates, mostly at the "proficiency" level, for as much as 1,200€ a piece