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List of political scandals in Greece

This is a list of major political scandals in Greece:

Most common nameDate
Summary
Aspida scandal1965A political and constitutional crisis in Greece centered on the resignation, on 15 July 1965, of Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou and subsequent appointment, by King Constantine II, of successive prime ministers from Papandreou's own party, the Centre Union, to replace him.
Yugoslav corn scandal 1986–1990 A political corruption scandal in Greece between 1986 and 1990 involving 20,000 tons of corn which was imported from Yugoslavia in 1986 and falsely labeled as Greek through forged documents.[1]
Koskotas scandal1988–1989A Greek corruption and financial scandal in 1988–1989 centered on George Koskotas, the owner of the Bank of Crete and mass media magnate, implicating the highest-ranking members of the Greek government, including Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou.[2]
Siemens Greek bribery scandal 2004 A corruption and bribery scandal in Greece over deals between Siemens and Greek government officials during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece[3] regarding security systems and purchases by OTE in the 1990s.[4]
Greek wiretapping case 2004–052004–2005The illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones on the Vodafone Greece network belonging mostly to members of the Greek government and top-ranking civil servants.[5]
2008 Greek riots 2008 Nationwide riots following the police shooting of Alexandros Grigoropoulos were called "the worst Greece has seen since the restoration of democracy in 1974".[6] While the unrest was triggered by the shooting incident, commentators[7][8][9] described the reactions as expressing deeper causes as well, especially a widespread feeling of frustration in the younger generation about specific economic problems of the country (partly as a result of the Great Recession), a rising unemployment rate among the young generation and a perception of general inefficiency and corruption in Greek state institutions.[10][11][12]
Lagarde list2010In the early summer of 2010, the French intelligence service DGSE informed the (then) head of Greece's National Intelligence Agency that many of those named in the Falciani dossier were Greek.[13] However, it was only two years later the list became known to a wider public, when Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis published it in his magazine Hot Doc, protesting against the Greek government's failure to launch an investigation.[14]
Petsas list20201,232 media organisations received financial reimbursement from the Greek government for promoting the "Stay at Home" ("Μένουμε Σπίτι", Ménoume Spíti) campaign, during the first coronavirus wave in the country.[15]
2022 Greek surveillance scandal 2022 The mobile phones of prominent political figures were hacked with the illegal software called Predator.[16]

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  1. ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1990-08-12). "Ex-Greek Socialist Minister Sentenced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
  2. ↑ Koliopoulos & Veremis 2009, p. 170.
  3. ↑ "Report: Siemens Scandal May Involve Top Executives". Deutsche Welle. 27 November 2006.
  4. ↑ "Greek prosecutor files charges over alleged Siemens corruption scandal". International Herald Tribune. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
  5. ↑ Monshizadeh, Mehrnoosh; Khatri, Vikramajeet; Varfan, Mohammadali; Kantola, Raimo (2018). "LiaaS: Lawful Interception as a Service". 2018 26th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM). IEEE. pp. 1–6. doi:10.23919/softcom.2018.8555753. ISBN 978-953-290-087-3. S2CID 54442783. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Christofer, Kat (8 December 2008). "Athenian democracy in ruins". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
  7. ↑ Dalakoglou, Dimitris (January 2011). "From Ruptures to Eruption: A Geneaology of the December 2008 Revolt in Greece". Revolt and Crisis in Greece. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Explainer: Why is there unrest in Greece?". CNN. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  9. ↑ Dalakoglou, Dimitris (2022). "The Crisis Before "The Crisis"". Social Justice: 42–51. doi:10.1017/9781108993098.003. ISBN 978-1-108-99309-8. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Behind the protests spreading across Greece". Economist. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  11. ↑ "In Greece, a crisis decades in the making". International Herald Tribune. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  12. ↑ Dalakoglou, Dimitris. "Introduction in Revolt and Crisis in Greece". Revolt and Crisis in Greece. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Borger, Julian (28 October 2012). "Greek magazine editor in court for naming alleged tax evaders". London: Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Greece arrests journalist over 'Lagarde List' banks leak". BBC News. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Εκθετη η κυβέρνηση με τα "δωράκια" Πέτσα του "Μένουμε σπίτι"". Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  16. ↑ Stevis-Gridneff, Matina; Pronczuk, Monika (27 July 2022). "Senior European Parliament Member Targeted as Spyware Abuse Spreads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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