Kammenos testifies over visa contract claims

Greece's former defense minister Panos Kammenos testified before a corruption prosecutor on Friday as a witness in connection with allegations against former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias that a contract for issuing visas was fixed under the latter's watch.
"A lot of stuff will come to the surface," Kammenos, who also served as coalition partner in the SYRIZA-led administration, told journalists.
He added that he had provided prosecutors with "adequate evidence" and was ready to help them in any way possible.
Kammenos, who quit the previous SYRIZA-led administration following differences with Alexis Tsipras over the Prespes accord, had always had a tense relationship with Kotzias, who departed from the government first following a clash with Kammenos over the contentious name deal.
Kammenos has previously claimed that Foreign Ministry officials who had been...