No, Greek PM's wife didn't buy a multi-million-euro flat with public funds

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No, Greek PM's wife didn't buy a multi-million-euro flat with public funds  The Greek government's director of digital communications has warned of a recent barrage of misinformation in the country.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/29/no-greek-pms-wife-didnt-buy-a-multi-million-euro-flat-with-public-funds  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00No, the Greek Prime Minister's wife did not buy a flat with public funds.

00:06The Greek government has slammed allegations that Mareva Grabovsky-Mitsotakis,

00:11wife of Prime Minister Kyriakos-Mitsotakis,

00:14used taxpayers' money to buy a multi-billion euro flat in an urban development south of Athens.

00:20A website called Voice News posted an article on the 15th of August,

00:24claiming that Grabovsky purchased the flat in a skyscraper in the Elinikon Metropolitan Park in Athens,

00:30which is currently under construction, at a time when people are drowning in debt.

00:35The allegations were picked up by fringe media outlets,

00:38which also published their own articles, such as Cardista Star Accra.

00:42This website said that the flat supposedly costs between two and three million euros.

00:46The publication of the claims prompted Grabovsky to take the websites to court.

00:51In official court documents, she said that she categorically denies the claims,

00:56labelling them as fake news that damages her credibility.

00:59She attacked them for accusing her of living in a parallel universe of wealth and privilege,

01:04said that the allegations had since spread through Greece and beyond,

01:08and added that they could easily be checked by looking at Greece's land registry.

01:12The Sabinas called on the websites to retract and apologise for the claims, which Voice News has done.

01:18It released a statement admitting that what it said was wrong and was not based on any evidence,

01:23and it's also taken down the original article.

01:25The Cardista article, however, is still online, and the website appears to have doubled down.

01:30It's released a statement acknowledging the subpoena,

01:33and accuses her and her husband of setting up the largest criminal organisation Greece has ever known.

01:38The Prime Minister's Director of Digital Communication has since made a statement,

01:42again dismissing the allegations as fake news,

01:45noting that there has recently been a significant uptick in disinformation in Greece.

01:50The Prime Minister's Director of Digital International

01:55and the Prime Minister's Director of Digital Communication

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