The Greek Ombudsman's first-quarter 2026 bulletin crossed a historic threshold of 20,000 complaints, exposing a wide range of failures in public administration, from pension clawbacks targeting low-income retirees to bureaucratic obstacles faced by disabled citizens.

Greece’s Ombudsman has released a report detailing how Greece’s prisons and detention centers are overcrowded, dangerously understaffed, and risk the health and human rights of detainees and prisoners.

Workers condemn attacks on the Ombudsman after explosive Pylos shipwreck report.

The Pylos shipwreck occurred just over a year ago off the coast of southwest Greece, and led to the deaths of anywhere between 82 and 650 irregular migrants

Separate investigations into the cause of the Pylos shipwreck are still underway by a criminal court in the city of Kalamata, a Hellenic Coast Guard's naval court and more recently by the Greek Ombudsman’s office