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Two Senior Greek Officials Resign as Corruption Probe Deepens Pressure on Government
The back-to-back resignations have fueled speculation that the scandal could reach further into the government as authorities continue examining an alleged network accused of manipulating building permits and planning approvals in exchange for bribes.
Greece Launches Online Platform to Report Bribery in Driving License Exams
The platform is designed to receive reports of demands for or offers of cash payments.
ECB Rate Hike Raises Borrowing Costs for Greek Households and Businesses While Savers See Little Benefit
The latest increase is part of the ECB’s broader effort to tame inflation by tightening financial conditions, making credit more costly and slowing demand in the economy.
Delayed Government Index Leaves Greek Health Insurance Premiums Without Oversight
The delay has effectively allowed insurance companies to continue imposing premium increases without the objective reference point that was intended to curb excessive hikes and improve transparency for policyholders.
EU Finance Ministers Face Showdown Over Energy Fiscal Flexibility
The discussion at the Eurogroup meeting is expected to expose a growing divide between member states with sufficient fiscal room.
MIT’s Konstantinos Daskalakis on AI: The Technology That Could Both Empower and Diminish Us
Despite the widespread perception that artificial intelligence is a recent phenomenon, Daskalakis notes that AI has been influencing human behavior for decades.
Greece’s Price Cap Fails to Halt Inflation as Cost-of-Living Pressures Intensify
New data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority show that annual inflation accelerated to 5.2% in May, more than doubling from 2.5% a year earlier.
Greece Raised €3 Billion After Investors Submitted More Than €36 Billion in Bond Orders
The transaction, which reopened the bond maturing on June 16, 2036, was significantly oversubscribed, with demand exceeding the final issue size by more than twelve times.
OTE Pushes Ahead With Telekom Identity Shift Before Trademark Filings Appear
The approved changes add “Hellenic Telekom,” “Telekom Greece,” and their Greek-language equivalents to OTE’s existing trade names, which include OTE and Cosmote
Mystery Odor That Blanketed Athens Traced to Possible LPG Vessel Near Greek Coast
The investigation analyzed 164 reports submitted by citizens through Greece’s Civil Protection service and combined them with meteorological data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
Greek Supreme Court Victory for Distressed Borrowers Sparks New Fight With Loan Servicers
The Supreme Court ruled that interest on court-regulated loans must be calculated on each monthly installment rather than on the total outstanding loan balance.
Appeals Court Ends Legal Fight Over Investment Collapse That Rocked Ohio's Greek-American Community
In a decision issued June 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that found no evidence that PNC Bank or one of its employees knowingly assisted or participated in an alleged fraud orchestrated by Ohio-based investment manager Constantine Antonas.
Binance’s MiCA License Bid Faces Review by Greek Regulator
The application comes at a pivotal moment for the crypto industry
Greece’s Top Court Weighs Future of Airbnb Rentals in Historic Athens District
The Council of State, Greece's supreme administrative court, heard arguments this week in a series of related cases concerning the legality of Airbnb-style rentals in Plaka.
Greek LNG Venture Secures €130M Banking Backing as Southeast Europe Expansion Takes Shape
Atlantic SEE LNG Trade has obtained the financing support from the country's four systemic banks to underpin its commercial operations and long-term LNG procurement commitments.
Greece Targets Bureaucratic Delays With New Online Tracking System
The platform will provide users with information on the current stage of processing, estimated completion times, the public authority responsible for handling the case and contact details for the relevant department or officials.
Greek Opposition Seeks Testimony From Dilian and Dimitriadis in Spyware Scandal
The move follows a fresh round of allegations stemming from public comments by Dilian, whose company, Intellexa, has been at the center of investigations into the use of Predator, a powerful surveillance tool capable of infiltrating mobile phones and extracting sensitive data.
Greece Turns to Tax Breaks to Spur Rental Housing Construction
The proposal comes as Greece faces mounting pressure in its housing market.
Greece Proposes Sharp Pay Raises for Senior Orthodox Clergy
The proposal comes at a time when Greece continues to grapple with persistent cost-of-living pressures and growing public scrutiny over government spending, making the scale of the planned increases particularly notable.
Amnesty International Accuses Greece of Turning Peaceful Protests Into ‘Battlefields’
The report, titled “Protest Is Not a Battlefield: Patterns of Unlawful Police Use of Force and Impunity,” draws on a two-year investigation involving more than 100 interviews with demonstrators, journalists, lawyers and other witnesses, alongside extensive analysis of video footage from protests across the country.
Tal Dilian Again Challenges Mitsotakis Government’s Narrative in Greece’s Predator Scandal
His intervention comes as Greek authorities appear to be drawing a line under the affair.
Greece’s Construction Boom Shifts From Tourist Islands to Industrial Hubs
For much of the past decade, Greece’s construction boom was defined by luxury villas, boutique hotels and vacation homes spreading across the country’s islands. In 2025, however, a different story emerged.
Greece raises concerns after clashes over Albania coastal development leave Greek citizen injured
Greece has called for a full investigation after violent clashes broke out during protests against a controversial tourism development on Albania's southern coast, leaving a Greek citizen injured and reigniting concerns over property rights, environmental protection and minority rights in the EU candidate country.
More Than 1.150 Charged as EPPO Targets Greek Subsidy Fraud Rings
Greek authorities say they have dismantled a sprawling network of criminal organizations accused of siphoning millions of euros from agricultural subsidy programs, in a case that is rapidly becoming one of the country's largest-ever fraud investigations involving European and national farming funds.
Europe’s Marine Protection Ambitions Face Audit as Greece Emerges as a Key Test Case
The European Union’s efforts to safeguard its seas are coming under renewed scrutiny, as the European Court of Auditors (ECA) conducts a major review of the bloc’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), with conclusions expected in the second half of 2026.
Greeks Work Nearly Four Hours More a Week Than the EU Average
Despite years of debate across Europe over shorter workweeks and improved work-life balance, workers in Greece are still spending more time on the job than anyone else in the European Union.
Entain plc Expands Greek Presence With New Corporate Entity
Global betting and gaming group Entain plc has expanded its corporate presence in Greece through the establishment of a new subsidiary, Entain Greece Single-Member PC.
Family Feud Over Greek Marble Fortune Heads to London High Court
Christoforos Pavlidis, a member of the family behind Pavlidis S.A. Marble-Granites, is facing mounting scrutiny over the 2023 sale of the company to investment fund ECM Partners in a deal valued at roughly €266 millio
Europe’s New Corporate Blueprint Could Be a Breakthrough for Greek Startups
Europe’s effort to create a single corporate framework for startups is rapidly emerging as one of Brussels’ most closely watched competitiveness projects — and few countries may stand to benefit more than Greece.
Ex-Premier Karamanlis Warns Wiretapping Scandal Is Eroding Trust in Greek Institutions
He reserved his strongest criticism for what he described as the growing public perception that institutions are no longer operating independently.
Tsipras Returns to Greek Politics With Launch of New Left-Wing Party
The former premier framed the new party as a broad progressive coalition rather than a traditional left-wing formation, seeking to attract disillusioned voters from across Greece’s center-left spectrum, including former supporters of SYRIZA and PASOK as well as politically unaffiliated voters.