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Eastern Mediterranean correspondent @POLITICOEurope- Deputy Editor in chief @Kathimerini English edition- AMNA, ex @WSJ All views my own
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Πρέπει η Ελλάδα να διαλέξει μεταξύ ΗΠΑ και Ε.Ε.; www.kathimerini.gr/politics/for...

Transatlantic relations in great shape

European prosecutors indict 100 in Greek farm subsidy fraud Prosecutions follow POLITICO investigation into scheme to bilk Brussels of aid earmarked for grazing land. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Greece gripped by massive strikes as suspicion and anger boil over www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Greece will come almost entirely to a standstill today as grief, anger and accusations of high-level political corruption reach a head.

#Greece will come almost entirely to a standstill as anger&accusations of high-level political corruption reach a head Protests mark the 2nd anniversary of its worst-ever rail tragedy but go beyond that &present the biggest challenge to Mitsotakis since he took office www.politico.eu/article/gree...

🔴 28/2 #Τεμπη #tempi

🚨 BREAKING: Austria’s conservative Peoples’ Party (ÖVP), center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal Neos have reached a coalition agreement. The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power. Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89

French President Emmanuel Macron was unable to get concrete reassurances from United States President Donald Trump on American security guarantees for Ukraine when at the White House this week, according to European Union officials and diplomats.

As Donald Trump's administration turns on Ukraine, EU and world leaders will head to Kyiv on Monday to rally around President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and talk security guarantees.

Ο τραμπισμός προσπαθεί να ενεργοποιήσει ένα διεθνές δίκτυο ομοϊδεατών του. Ποια είναι η ατζέντα που ενώνει τα κόμματα-δορυφόρους. Και πώς επιχειρείται να εισαχθεί στην Ελλάδα www.kathimerini.gr/politics/563...

Greek far right drinking from the Trump trough www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/ana...

The week that will bring the country to a halt Our weekly preview is out www.ekathimerini.com/politics/126...

The shockwave of #Tempe Why haven’t the opposition parties made any gains from the recent mass protests? Who reaps all the benefits? www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/ana...

Το ωστικό κύμα των Τεμπών Γιατί το ρεύμα διαμαρτυρίας των τελευταίων ημερών δεν το καρπώνονται τα μεγαλύτερα κόμματα της αντιπολίτευσης; Ποιοι φαίνεται να ωφελούνται; www.kathimerini.gr/politics/563...

Dilemmas for Europe’s Syrian refugees www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...

Greece and Europe in political upheaval Our weekly preview is out www.ekathimerini.com/politics/126...

Διλήμματα για τους Σύρους πρόσφυγες στη Γερμανία www.kathimerini.gr/world/563469...

JD Vance's fiery speech at #MSC2025 dominated the chatter among hundreds of top foreign dignitaries and national security elites. “No one is talking about anything else,” one senior Eastern European official told us.

For fraudsters in #Greece a reform that doubled the land eligible for farm subsidies presented a big fat opportunity for fraud. Our investigation exposes the fundamental flaw of the CAP on the eve of — yet another — attempt to reform it www.politico.eu/article/gree...

US President Donald Trump's insistence that Ukraine won't join NATO was "clumsy" and a "mistake," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at the Munich Security Conference today.

The European Commission is preparing to scrap a crucial financial safeguard in the EU’s €386 billion Common Agricultural Policy — a move billed as “simplification” that critics say will weaken oversight on how billions in farm subsidies are spent.

US Vice President JD Vance launched a blistering attack on European governments at the Munich Security Conference today, chastising them for ignoring the will of their people.

Current and former officials describe a scheme that worked on three levels: OPEKEPE gave access to information on available grazing land to its technical advisers; officials in the scam turned a blind eye to dodgy applications or issued circulars that helped perpetrators evade investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is pursuing dozens of cases, in which Greek citizens received EU agricultural funds for pastureland they did not own or for agricultural work they never did, depriving farmers of money to which they were entitled.

"On the contrary, each time authorities at the agency tried to take action to dismantle the scam, they were forced out by the agriculture minister of the day." "The misappropriated funds could amount to €45 million a year, in one of the biggest farming frauds of recent years"

⚠️One of the first to notice the irregularities was the head of OPEKEPE’s Internal Audit Department. Her superiors responded by sidelining her — shutting her out of the organization’s databases and locking her out of her office. ✍️ @nstamouli.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Greek authorities potentially lost millions in EU agricultural subsidies to fraud — and it looks like an inside job Our investigation finally available to read online www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Greece and Cyprus are blocking the EU from lifting its sanctions on Syria — even though foreign ministers already struck a political deal to do so last month www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

The big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU How to milk CAP entitlements: More land, more money. Big read by @nstamouli.bsky.social — finally available to read for free. www.politico.eu/article/gree...

A top European human rights official urged Greek authorities Tuesday to address claims of negligence by the country's coast guard in a 2023 boat disaster that killed hundreds of migrants off the coast of southern Greece. #Pylos By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social www.ekathimerini.com/news/1261303...

The Greek government is fiercely lobbying France to halt the sale of radar-guided, air-to-air Meteor missiles to Turkey.

Investigation on the scam which allowed “farmers” in #Greece to receive millions of EU funds for pasture land they do not own or had not leased. @nstamouli.bsky.social 🔥 #οπεκεπε edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Tempe and Santorini tremors continue  Our weekly preview is out www.ekathimerini.com/politics/126...

A note to our readers, from Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Editor-in-Chief John Harris:

Gracing the cover of @POLITICOEurope newspaper our investigation on the scam which allowed “farmers” in #Greece to receive million of EU funds for pasture land they do not own or had not leased edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Charge Greek coastguard officers over deadly shipwreck, says ombudsman www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Breaking: Greek Ombudsman inquiry into 2023 Pylos shipwreck finds "series of serious and reprehensible omissions in the search and rescue duties on the part of senior officers of the Hellenic Coast Guard" www.synigoros.gr/en/category/...

What caused such a public outcry, nearly two years after the deadly #Tempe rail crash? People behind the mass protests explain how the campaign came together www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/126...

Fury over Tempe is back, cabinet reshuffle in the cards www.ekathimerini.com/politics/126...

Το χρονικό της αναζωπύρωσης: Ποιοι και πώς γέμισαν τις πλατείες Τι προκάλεσε το ξέσπασμα στις πλατείες, σχεδόν δύο χρόνια μετά; Η «Κ» μίλησε με τα πρόσωπα που εργάστηκαν για τις συγκεντρώσεις και καταγράφει το χρονικό των επαφών τους www.kathimerini.gr/society/5634...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, suffered a major political defeat today as a proposed migration law backed by conservatives was rejected in the Bundestag.

Harsh asylum reform fails in Germany

‘Women got a voice – there is no turning back’ Kathimerini English Edition examines the imprint of the Greek #MeToo movement on society four years after its beginning www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/ana...

Greece became a net exporter of electricity last year, but at a cost for Greek energy consumers. Essentially, what occurred, was that Greek consumers paid high electricity prices to strengthen the electricity systems of neighboring countries. www.ekathimerini.com/economy/ener...

Zero-click spyware created by an Israeli company (a Pegasus rival) was used against some 90 “journalists and members of civil society” via WhatsApp by an unknown entity. That spyware is in the process of being sold to a U.S. private equity firm for $900M. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Historic day in the German parliament. After commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Bundestag passed an anti-refugee motion of the Christian Democrats with support of the far-right AfD, handing the AfD a cause to celebrate. 🤯 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

For the first time in recent German history, the center-right CDU is turning to the far-right AfD for votes to pass an anti-migrant bill in the Bundestag - a significant step in breaking down the firewall against far-right participation in German governing coalitions. www.politico.eu/article/germ...