Corruption

A staggering nine out of 10 Greeks believe there is extensive corruption in the country's National Health System (ESY), according to the special Eurobarometer that surveyed citizens from February 7 to March 3 regarding corruption in the European Union.

A total of 1,002 Greek citizens and 26,411 people from the countries of the European Union participated.

The trial of an employee at the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) accused of bribery has been deferred to November 14 after appearing in an Athens court on Saturday. 

The 49-year-old EFKA employee is accused of pressuring a 56-year-old woman to pay 4,000 euros in order to secure a disability allowance for her mother. 

The investigation of the Hellenic Police into an assault case in early June in Maroussi, northern Athens, uncovered a corruption ring within the Hellenic Public Properties Co (HPPC), which manages and develops private real estate assets of the Greek state.

The victim of the hammer attack on the morning of June 3 was a 47-year-old man who works as a short-term leasing manager at HPPC.

The European Commission's report on the rule of law in Bulgaria for the past year highlights a lack of progress in securing effective investigations and a sufficient number of final convictions for high-level corruption. It also points out the need for reforms in the anti-corruption commission.

The unfolding revelations regarding mafia activities in municipalities, urban planning offices, and other services should seriously concern us. Under no circumstances should we become accustomed to this or consider it routine.

That things were not going well was already blatantly obvious - only the distortive lens of arrogance could make people who didn't want to face up to the truth think otherwise.

The OECD has noted Greece's adjustment to taking measures against corruption and fighting it in international business transactions, in a report after an assessment carried out in the country.

The OECD has noted Greece's adjustment into taking measures against corruption and in fighting it in international business transactions, in a report after an assessment carried out in the country.

Former Maltese premier Joseph Muscat and current Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne are among dozens of people and companies charged in a hospital privatisation scandal rocking the Mediterranean island nation.

A high-profile scandal rocks Ukraine's political landscape as Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food and former Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, faces allegations of involvement in an organized criminal group orchestrating the illicit seizure of state lands.