National Intelligence Service

Editorial: In the grey zone of surveillance

There were plenty of tensions, extremely weighty accusations, diversionary tactics, efforts to offset misdeeds through comparisons with the past, and even the trading of insults between party leaders during the 27 August extraordinary session of Parliament, which debated the dark affair of National Intelligence Service (EYP) wiretappings, that for weeks has burdened and wounded the country's po

Mitsotakis dares opposition to table no-confidence motion, says he was surveilled under Tsipras

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis threw down the gauntlet at main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras during a parliamentary debate today at the level of party leaders on the National Intelligence Service surveillance affair regarding the phone tapping of centre-left KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, daring Tsipras to table a no-confidence motion if he does not have the trust of his MPs.

Editorial: The political problem

The scandal involving telephone surveillance [by the National Intelligence Service] of politicians and journalists has cast a heavy shadow over the bright August skies of Athens, reviving the danger, or rather the threat, of political instability, which can have a catalytic impact on Greek affairs in these particularly trying times.

Presidential Decree offers Parliament advisory role in appointment of EYP chief, changes surveillance approval

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou today signed a legislative decree that was drafted by the government in order to, as it said, "address the exceptionally urgent need to adopt regulations to bolster the integrity of the National Intelligence Service [EYP]."

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