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Brutal Beating Suspect Surrenders in Mykonos

Greek authorities in Mykonos had been searching for the 25-year-old club bouncer who beat up a Cypriot national on Sunday, September 6 around 11:30 pm. The victim and his wife were in the club, where the man reportedly had a fight with...

Greek Athlete Involved with Drug Cartel

The investigation regarding a cocaine cartel that was dismantled last Friday by Greek police are still ongoing, while officers are looking through phone call transcripts to find the masterminds behind the criminal organization. A famous Greek baseball player, who was...

Greek Authorities Arrest German National for Child Pornography Distribution

A 49-year-old German national was arrested in Crete for distributing child pornography through the internet. The man was arrested after an investigation by the Department of Electronic Crime, which is still ongoing after several months, as part of the...

British Journalist Tom Bradby Shocked Over Man Committing Suicide in Greece

British ITV journalists Tom Bradby was shocked when he saw a Greek man at the port of Rafina, near Athens, drive his car off the harbor, on Sunday August 16. Bradby who happened to be in Greece on vacation...

Migrants Seeking Ways to Exit Greece After Drop in Trucks Traveling to Italy

The number of cargo trucks leaving Greece for other European countries, and especially for Italy through the port of Patras, was significantly reduced after capital controls were imposed on Greek banks last month. As a result, a major decrease was...

Wildfires Spread Across Greece

At least six wildfires broke out across Greece on Friday, July 17. The first large-scale fire occurred in Laconia, Peloponnese, where firefighters are still trying to get the situation under control using land vehicles and Canadair aircraft. More than two...

Prosecutor Investigates Whether Greek TV Stations Violated the Electoral Legislation

A Greek prosecutor is investigating the possibility of certain TV broadcasters having committed offenses related to the electoral legislation, during the week leading up to the July 5 referendum. The prosecutor received a complaint regarding SKAI, a TV broadcaster in Greece, on the eve of...

Greek 'Priest' Arrested for Conducting Fake Weddings

Greek police arrested a 37-year-old man in Kaisariani, Athens, on June 23, who was pretending to be a priest, and receiving large amounts in order to conduct bogus weddings between Greek citizens and foreigners. The "priest" was accused of usurpation...

Smugglers Leave 70-Year-Old Disabled Woman Stranded

Cruel and ruthless traffickers smuggled a 70-year-old disabled woman who could not walk and a special needs person from Turkey to Greece and left them stranded on a rocky cliff, under the sun in the area near the Marathoundas...

Tension Breaks Between Migrants in Mytilene, Greece

Tension broke between migrants at the port of Mytilene, Greece, on Wednesday morning, June 17, due to the suffocating situation on the island. The incident occurred when two migrant groups started a brawl that caused several injuries, with about 10 people taken...