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Authorities announced that they arrested a 39-year-old man in Attica for possessing and online distribution of child porn. The suspect's home was searched as a part of an investigation based on evidence collected by Europol and the US-based National Center...

A 31 year-old Greek national from the island of Rhodes was arrested in Turkey for transporting 50kg of heroin from the neighboring country to Greece. The young man claims that he had no knowledge of what he was transporting...

Greek police have arrested one person who was allegedly involved in Thursday's physical attack on New Democracy MP Giorgos Koumoutsakos. Koumoutsakos had been attacked by a group of protesters, during the Pontic anti-government protest that took place on Thursday in front of...

A man who has spent years deceiving elderly Greeks – among them the mother of Health Minister Makis Voridis – has just been arrested in the Menidi of Attica following a chase with police officers. The minister of health's mother...

A jihadist arrested in Belgium on charges of participating in jihadist operations in Syria and Iraq had a legal residency permit in Greece, authorities say. On Wednesday, a 24-year old jihadist travelled from Athens International Airport to Charleroi, Belgium. He passed undetected by...

Editor of Greek daily newspaper Friday 13th, Emilios Liatsos, was arrested earlier on Friday after the wife of the leader of the Independent Greeks party, Elena Tzouli, had pressed charges against him and his paper for violating a court’s...

Athens, Greece (AP) - Greek police say they have arrested an Athens schoolboy and identified two more suspected of a computer hacking attack on the Justice Ministry website this month. A police statement says the three claim to be part...

Seraphim Phyntanidis, veteran journalist and chief editor of Eleftherotypia daily for many decades, was arrested Tuesday for debts to the state and is expected to appear before court on Wednesday facing misdemeanor charges. The 77-year-old journalist's initial debt to the...

More details have emerged regarding the murder of a 58-year-old man, according to statements made by the local police authorities in Neokastro, Imathia. According to the police announcement Thursday, the victim was murdered in October 2011 by his 51-year-old wife,...

Greek singer Lefteris Pantazis was met by a rather unpleasant surprise after his performance on a cruise ship in Sydney was over. According to the Greek newspaper of Sydney “The World”, after completing his performance, Pantazis wanted to relax and...