Have you heard about #YouthWiki ?

Última actualización Miércoles, 21/05/2025 The Youth Wiki is Europe’s first online encyclopaedia of national structures, policies and actions supporting young people. The Youth Wiki covers ten policy fields:  youth policy governance education and training employment and entrepreneurship health and well-being participation voluntary activities social inclusion youth and the world creativity and culture youth work The … Leer más

Greece: EPPO probes OPEKEPE officials over alleged organised agricultural subsidy fraud and corruption

(Luxembourg, 20 May 2025) – Since yesterday until early hours this morning, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) has led searches as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged organised fraud scheme involving agricultural funds and corruption involving public officials of the Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee … Leer más

Romania: Over 300 searches in €1.32 million EU subsidy fraud involving beekeeping

(Luxembourg, 19 May 2025) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania) conducted 307 searches in 15 counties of Romania over the last two months, in an investigation into a suspected €1.32 million EU subsidy fraud involving beekeeping projects. The investigation concerns 388 single payment requests submitted to the Romanian Agency for Payments and … Leer más

Investigation Admiral: First convictions in Portugal for 23 defendants guilty of massive international VAT fraud

(Luxembourg, 12 May 2025) – On Friday, the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon (Portugal) convicted 10 individuals and 13 companies for their role in setting up and operating a fraudulent scheme, dedicated to the sale of electronic goods in the EU market, while evading the payment of VAT. This investigation, code-named Admiral, was first announced … Leer más

“Call me when you get there»: How a national tragedy led to a civic awakening

Última actualización Lunes, 12/05/2025 Two years ago, a tragedy shocked Greece. A passenger train and a freight train collided head-on, marking one of the deadliest rail disasters in modern European history. Greek society was about to change. On 28 February 2023, a couple of minutes before midnight, news broke out that a big railway crash … Leer más

Sixteen searches in Belgium, Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands in customs fraud investigation involving e-bikes from China

(Luxembourg, 8 May 2025) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal) is leading an investigation into suspected large-scale customs fraud related to the import of e-bikes from China. Sixteen searches were conducted yesterday in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal, in order to collect evidence. The investigation, codenamed Pedelecs, revealed that, since … Leer más

Italy: 12 arrests and over €9.6 million seized in investigation into agricultural funding fraud

(Luxembourg, 7 May 2025) – Today, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), the Italian Financial Police of Caserta (Guardia di Finanza – Compagnia di Mondragone) executed an order of the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Salerno, to arrest 12 suspects and seize assets worth over … Leer más

Join us at the EU Open Day 2025!

Última actualización Martes, 06/05/2025 Mark your calendars for 10 May, when the EU Open Day takes place once again at the Berlaymont building in Brussels. You’re invited to join us for an unforgettable experience! Visit the European Institutions as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ‘Schuman Declaration’, which laid the foundations for the European … Leer más

European Prosecutors for Poland and Sweden take oath before the Court of Justice of the EU

(Luxembourg, 5 May 2025) – Today, at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, the European Prosecutors for Poland and Sweden gave the solemn undertaking to comply with the obligations arising from their duties. They were recently appointed to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) by the Council of the EU, following the … Leer más

How Romania’s Presidential Election Became the Plot of a Cyber-Thriller

Última actualización Lunes, 05/05/2025 If someone had told me a year ago that Romania’s 2024 presidential election would get cancelled because of TikTok bots and foreign interference, I would have laughed. And yet, here we are. Romania just became the test case for a whole new level of political manipulation. The last week of November … Leer más