A massive 3,000-page case file and dozens of wiretap transcripts are at the center of a political storm in Greece today, involving dozens of names, from political figures to senior executives in OPEKEPE, the agency responsible for distributing EU farm funds. Kathimerini explains how Greek and European prosecutors began investigating the mismanagement of European agricultural…
Financial crimes investigators from the Hellenic Police (ELAS) raided the offices of Greece’s farm subsidy agency, OPEKEPE, on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the suspected misuse of European Union agricultural funds, Kathimerini reported.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to brief Parliament on Wednesday afternoon on the latest developments in the migration crisis, government sources said.
The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the country.
Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week’s European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study found.
Greece rescued more than 500 migrants from a fishing vessel south of the country’s southernmost island of Gavdos early on Wednesday, authorities said.
Ruling New Democracy is considering submitting its own proposal regarding the OPEKEPE agricultural payments agency investigation, as tensions rise within the parliamentary group over potential secret ballot defections.
Maritime security firms launched a mission on Wednesday to evacuate the crew of the Greek-operated Eternity C vessel hit by Houthi militants off Yemen two days ago, sources close to the mission told Reuters.
Ceilings, walls and wooden cabinets collapsed into heaps of jagged debris in the prison’s visitor center. Scorched papers and brightly colored case files lay scattered amid broken bricks and tangled wires in the administration building.