Greek PM under pressure over tapping of opponent’s phone

Government accused of darkest practices' in eavesdropping scandal that evokes worst days of country's military rule

An eavesdropping scandal that sees Greece's intelligence chief and the head of his personal office resign within minutes; calls for further resignations amid revelations of dark practices", and a spy crisis likened to Watergate.

The Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is facing his toughest hour in office following the discovery that the mobile phone of his political opponent, the leader of the country's third largest party, was tapped by order of EYP, the intelligence service that reports directly to his office.