corruption

Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, and former Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) members who were active during the period that Akis Tsochatzopoulos served as the Greek National Defense Minister were called...

The European governments' fight against corruption needs to be given with bold measures, Greek Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis underlined while representing Athens at a European Union Competitiveness Council meeting. Addressing the Council, the Greek Economy Minister distinguished the importance of the...

The Greek government is in constant communication with its European loan partners in order to achieve the maximum consensus regarding its list of reforms to be submitted by midnight. According to government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis, the list will include,...

Panagiotis Nikoloudis is not a politician, however he was appointed by the new leftist SYRIZA-led government to fight one of Greece's major plights: corruption. The supreme court prosecutor who is now Minister of Transparency and Anti-Corruption is a specialist in economic crime...

Greece ranks 69th in corruption among 175 countries surveyed, according to today's Transparency International report.  Corruption is a problem for all economies, requiring leading financial centers in Europe and the U.S. to take steps to stop corruption, Transparency International said....

(Emblem of the 8th Infantry Division, the first Greek army unit that faced the Italian army in the Albanian front.)  On October 28, 1940, the Italian Ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, visited Greek Prime Minister (and dictator) Ioannis Metaxas and demanded...

Greek General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis said that the Central Disciplinary Council (CDC) of the national health system seldom punishes public doctors for offenses. Speaking to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," the public administration watchdog said, "I have found serious delays in...

In a society where corruption is part of the norm, it's almost impossible to prove its non-existence. However, in today's Greek Cup match in which Olympiacos grabbed a win against lower division side Panachaiki of Patras, we witnessed a young man's performance...

Greek General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis, responsible for battling corruption in the public sector, confirmed that high-profile politicians continue to benefit from concerted efforts to write-off charges of wrong-doing that allow statute of limitations to lapse before...

When a country decides to abandon the right to govern the nation; the right to control its own currency and interest rates; the right to make its own laws; the right to control its own borders, and when that...