The inquest on Tempe has finished and we can expect a trial date to be set for the coming months. The Agricultural Subsidies Agency (OPEKEPE) is in court, and the first convictions are coming through

European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi highlighted corruption challenges, constitutional barriers, and Greece’s role in EU fraud cases during her Athens press conference. She insisted the European Public Prosecutor’s Office 'is here to stay'

On Thursday Laura Kovesi is scheduled to hold a press conference to present results of EPPO investigations in Greece

The head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Laura Kovesi, is scheduled to hold a press conference later on Wednesday.

Laura Kovesi is expected to hold a press conference and will address all major issues within her jurisdiction.

A landmark trial in Crete has opened with 105 defendants accused of using fake leases and forged documents to claim EU farm subsidies worth thousands of euros from the scandal hit OPEKEPE between 2019 and 2023

The relevant DG AGRI warns of suspension of payments and gives a deadline of Oct. 2 for the submission of a new framework for agriculture subsidies

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

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

Two certification agencies face €56,000 in penalties for approving non-compliant organic products as Greece tackles a wider farming scandal.

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

The European Prosecutor highlighted a major milestone in an investigation in Greece when €5.2 million in cash from Greek customs officials was confiscated.

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.

Parliament opens inquiry into long-standing mismanagement of agricultural subsidies, as parties clash over whether former ministers should face criminal investigation

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

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