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Fake Doctor's Offense Gets Statute Barred

All Greece was shocked when the case of the fake doctor, who ran Skyros hospital for 13 years, went public. Ioannis Kastanis had applied for the job submitting fake degrees, validated by Greek authorities. The doctor became notorious for...

Financial Crisis Sparks Cigarette Smuggling in Greece

Nearly a quarter of tobacco products used in Greece are likely to have been smuggled in to the country, according to the latest data from the Center For Planning and Economic Research (KEPE). KEPE's survey aimed to define the extent of...

Priest Arrested for Swindling Jobseekers

A 30-year-old priest was arrested in Thessaloniki Monday for defrauding at least 166 jobseekers whom he had promised work across Europe via a bogus recruitment agency. The priest is thought to be the leader of a group of criminals who...

Remains Found in Cemetery Not from Missing Alex

The human remains that were found buried in a cemetery in Imathia do not belong to little Alex, but to an older adult female, according to a Greek coroner. The remains were exhumed yesterday evening, following a tip-off by a...

4 ATM's Targeted in Athens

Early on Wednesday morning four ATM machines were targeted by unknown culprits. The ATM's were located in Glyfada, Ilioupoli, Vyronas and Kaisariani. The action of the culprits was the same at all cash dispensers. They set the ATM on fire...

One Injured During Altercation at Athens Club

A bloody altercation occurred today, Sunday the 13th of October, at 6:10 in the morning outside the club “Sideradiko”, in the region Pangrati, Athens. According to police sources, a group of 7-8 Panathinaikos fans left from Zografou, a suburb of...

Dead Baby Found in Trash

The news of a dead baby found in the dump of Lechaina, has shocked the local community  of Ilia in Western Greece. The horrible crime was revealed when a rag-man detected the lifeless body of the newborn baby among hills...

Shocking Crime in Mani

A murder was committed in the village Kalonies, Laconia in the Mani region, on April 13, over an insignificant reason. According to NewsIt.gr, two cousins started scrapping when one of them blocked his cousin's vehicle with his car on the...

Golden Dawn Goes After Immigrant Charged With Assaulting Teen Girl

PIRAEUS -Police said that a gang led by members of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn invaded a ship and tried to attack a 21-year-old Pakistani immigrant charged in the beating and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl on this...

Greek-born woman who tried to kill herself and her husband is free

The story of this older couple is a modern Greek tragedy with victims both of them. Anastasia Nestorowycz, 76, tried to kill her husband Paul, 82, because she believed he was suffering and she wanted to end his life.