Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday proposed a ban on ministers serving simultaneously as members of Parliament after the 2027 elections, amid a European investigation into alleged European Union farm subsidy fraud that has put significant pressure on his conservative government.
Two conservative ministers who resigned after being named in a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) investigation into the fraudulent distribution of European Union agricultural subsidies said they will waive their parliamentary immunity.
Gov’t has received the fund’s policy proposals aimed at resolving the residential crisis.
The government moved swiftly to contain political fallout from a case file concerning OPEKEPE, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordering immediate cabinet changes shortly after the dossier was formally transmitted to Parliament.
A Hellenic Air Force Patriot air defense system deployed in Saudi Arabia intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle early Monday, military authorities said.
Greece on Monday launched a “fuel pass” subsidy platform aimed at easing the burden of soaring energy prices for households and drivers.
Five people suffered serious burns late Sunday in an apparent accident while preparing homemade rockets for a traditional Easter celebration on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, authorities said.
The chairman of Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV), Giorgos Pantelides, has expressed concerns.
A fifth-minute goal by Aboubakary Koita, with a clever shot from inside the box, settled the derby at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.
Two conservative former ministers have denied, in social media postings Sunday, any involvement in the farm subsidies scandal.