Journalists who revealed Greek wiretapping scandal appear in court Defamation lawsuit, filed by nephew of Greece’s prime minister, described as ‘disgraceful’ by press freedom groups The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
Reporters dig up more links between Greek government and spyware A media outlet uncovers that the Greek government sent millions of dollars to a company that sells an illegal spyware. Al Jazeera · Nov 17, 2022
Greece's 'Watergate' explained: why the European Parliament is investigating over a wiretapping scandal After Greece and the European Central Bank agreed post-economic-crash bailout terms in 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a 146-page report outlining all the key state problems that were seen as having caused Greece’s fiscal crisis. The Conversation · Nov 8, 2022
Greek ‘Watergate’ phone-tapping scandal puts added pressure on PM Embattled leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing calls to resign after state intelligence monitored opposition party The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022
Greek PM 'unaware' of prominent politician's wiretap Greece’s prime minister says was unaware that the country’s intelligence service had been bugging the mobile phone of an opposition politician for three months The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022
Greek PM under pressure over tapping of opponent’s phone Government accused of ‘darkest practices’ in eavesdropping scandal that evokes worst days of country’s military rule The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022
Greece: Intelligence chief resigns amid spyware allegations The head of Greece’s intelligence service and the general secretary of the prime minister’s office have resigned, amid allegations of the use of Predator surveillance software against a journalist and the head of an opposition party The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022