Crime

After a man facing several misdemeanor charges, including unlawful shooting, illegal handgun possession and resisting arrest fired three shots from a handgun into the air while talking to the press, he has been handed down a punishment by the Greek...

Eight more suspicious parcels, believed to contain explosives like the two packages sent to the German finance ministry and the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund last week were found and seized at the Greek post office’s assorting...

On Thursday in the center of Athens in Patissia, a businessman was robbed and kidnapped outside of his home by three men. When the victim entered his house the men threatened him with knives and attempted to rob him. Upon...

Another OPAP outlet has been the victim of an armed robbery. The crime occurred on Monday night at an OPAP betting outlet in the northern Athens suburb of Metamorfosi where a masked gunman held up the store manager at...

A man has been found dead inside of a taxi in Kifissia, a northern suburb of Athens, sources have reported. Initial forensic reports have revealed that the man is thought to have died as a result of a gunshot to the head. There...

Bremen prosecuting authorities have charged four Germans and one Greek as suspects for bribing Greek officials for defense contracts, according to a Deutsche Welle report on Thursday. The story was broken by the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ),...

Petrol bombs were thrown at the SYRIZA party's offices in central Athens on Sunday, Reuters has reported. Police stated that a group of people dressed in carnival masks for the weekend celebration passed by the offices and threw "two or...

An 81-year-old businessman has been arrested after police found undeclared artifacts and weapons in his home, police have reported. The businessman's home is located in Mandra in western Attica where police confiscated a total of 23 Byzantine icons, 108 ancient...

A brutal crime involving the death of a 47-year-old priest has been reported by Greek authorities. Sources have said that the priest was found dead in his home in Gerakas, located east of Athens. His body was discovered in the first hours...

  Several executives of the Energa and Hellas Power electricity companies were found guilty of stealing money from the state by an Athens court on Tuesday. Of the 19 people who were originally suspects, eight of them were cleared of all...