Attorney-general cut out of wiretap decisions
There will now be no role for the attorney-general of the day in decisions for the authorities to access people’s private communications, according to MPs who spoke after Friday’...
Government pushes for sweeping surveillance laws at House committee
The government moved on Wednesday to expediate a package of legislation that would significantly expand the state’s power to intercept telecommunications, with MPs examining the proposals in the parliamentary ...
Attorney-general could authorise phone taps without court order under proposed bill
The government has amended its proposed phone-tapping legislation, with the latest amendment set would allow the attorney-general of the day to order the interception of telecommunications without prior court approval, ...
Cabinet approves phone-tapping bill
The cabinet approved legislation on Friday allowing the monitoring of telephone conversations, under strict oversight, to enable the police and intelligence services to employ phone tapping in their arsenal against ...
2023: Revised EU law still allows eavesdropping on journalists
Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...
Greek parliament sets up inquiry commission to probe phone tapping scandal
Greek lawmakers on Monday voted in favour of setting up an inquiry commission to probe the phone tapping of an opposition leader that led Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to sack ...
Greece appoints diplomat as new intelligence service chief
A Greek parliamentary committee approved on Wednesday the appointment of diplomat Themistoklis Demiris to head the country’s intelligence service (EYP) after his predecessor’s sacking over a wiretapping scandal.
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