George Mylonakis, Greece's Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, was admitted to Evangelismos Hospital in Athens on Wednesday morning in a serious condition after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm. The incident comes just one day after Mylonakis filed a formal criminal complaint with the Supreme Court prosecutor in Athens over allegations connecting him to the 'Sandy' case in Cyprus, which he has categorically denied.
Mylonakis lost consciousness during the daily morning coffee meeting at the Maximos Mansion, the official Greek Prime Minister office where the Greek government convenes, and was transferred to hospital by ambulance. According to initial reports, he remained conscious during the transfer. Following examinations, doctors confirmed a ruptured brain aneurysm and he is currently intubated and under intensive care. Doctors are reported to be preparing to proceed with endovascular coil embolisation to treat the clot at the site of the aneurysm. The assessment is that Mylonakis will need to remain under intensive care for at least 15 days.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at Evangelismos shortly before 11.25am to be briefed on his deputy's condition and left just before noon. Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocleous were also present at the hospital. Mylonakis's wife, Tina Messaropoulou, left the television programme 'Happy Day' early after being informed of the emergency.
Deputy Prime Minister Costis Hadjidakis described the moment of the collapse in an interview with Realfm 97.8. "We are shaken because it happened in front of our eyes, during the morning coffee. He has two children. He is full of energy and life," Hadjiidakis said. He added that updates on Mylonakis's condition would be provided by the hospital.
The Cyprus allegations
The hospitalisation came at an acutely sensitive political moment for Mylonakis. On 14 April he published a lengthy statement on X, one day before his collapse, formally announcing legal action against Cypriot journalist and Volt Cyprus parliamentary candidate Makarios Drousiotis, as well as others who had repeated the claims, describing the allegations against him as an "unprecedented fabrication" and a targeted character assassination.
Από την πρώτη στιγμή που, άγνωστοι σε εμένα, προσπάθησαν να με εμπλέξουν σε αυτή τη σκοτεινή υπόθεση που ταλανίζει την πολιτική ζωή της Κύπρου, απευθύνθηκα αμέσως στην Ελληνική δικαιοσύνη προκειμένου να εντοπιστούν οι δράστες που με ψευδείς και συκοφαντικούς ισχυρισμούς και με…
— George Mylonakis (@georgemilon) April 14, 2026
The allegations originate from a series of publications by Drousiotis, who has claimed to be drawing on what he calls the "Sandy archive," a body of material he says documents corruption and coordination between political, judicial and law enforcement figures in Cyprus. Among the claims attributed to Drousiotis was an alleged audio recording purporting to feature Mylonakis's voice, as well as alleged messages attributed to him concerning judicial appointments. One alleged message attributed to Mylonakis stated: "Anastasiades called, he's going to appoint Savvides as General and Angelides as assistant. He's going to appoint our people because of brotherhood." All of these claims are attributed to Drousiotis and have not been independently verified by Politis.
In his statement, Mylonakis rejected each element in full. He wrote: "From the first moment that unknown individuals tried to involve me in this dark case that plagues Cyprus's political life, I immediately turned to Greek justice to identify the perpetrators who, with false and slanderous claims and fabricated, alleged evidence, attempted to connect me with this case." He stated that when he first became aware of the publications he contacted Drousiotis directly by written message and by phone, explaining that he had no connection to the case and did not know any of the individuals mentioned. He said he had expected Drousiotis to retract. Instead, he said, the journalist not only failed to do so but returned with further claims. Mylonakis said that when the initial claim about the audio recording "collapsed," Drousiotis then claimed the voice belonged not to him but to a member of his personal security detail, an assertion Mylonakis also rejected as "absolutely false."
Mylonakis said a comparison of his own voice with the audio, combined with what he described as the bizarre content of the alleged conversation, confirmed the fabrication. He noted that the speaker in the recording carries a clearly Cypriot accent. He said he had submitted the recording along with his criminal complaint to the Supreme Court prosecutor, asking the judiciary to investigate who had engineered and executed the operation and who stood to gain from it. He characterised the broader narrative as a "fictional scandal" and "conspiracy theories," reiterating that he has no connection to the individuals or events described.
An earlier rebuttal, published on 4 April via X, targeted a report by the Greek newspaper Documento and its publisher Kostas Vaxevanis, in which Mylonakis described the allegations as "fabrications by mentally disturbed individuals" and referred to Vaxevanis as a "national slanderer."
Απάντηση σε δημοσίευμα εφημερίδας @documentonews
— George Mylonakis (@georgemilon) April 4, 2026
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The Drousiotis allegations have generated significant political and legal fallout in Cyprus. President Nikos Christodoulides has stated that the allegations will be investigated "to the end," and the government has referred key evidence, including a mobile phone attributed to Sandy and more than 130 digital files, to Europol's cybercrime laboratories for forensic analysis. Police are also reported to be preparing a criminal case against Sandy herself, with Politis reporting that she may face six charges including preparation, possession and circulation of forged documents and conspiracy to commit a crime. Drousiotis has questioned the independence of any domestic investigation, arguing that senior figures he names in the allegations are themselves overseeing the process.
Politis has not independently verified the allegations made by Drousiotis. Mylonakis denies all allegations against him.
Source: Protothema, Athens Times