Greek police

A Greek ship that will host 2,000 to 2,500 immigrants and refugees from the island of Kos is awaiting orders to dock at the island's port, after running a few hours behind schedule due to bureaucratic delays. The "Eleftherios Venizelos" is a large...

Greece's Citizen Protection Ministry expressed its dissatisfaction regarding the submission of a new amendment on the retirement of military and security force officials. The Ministry statement spoke of a sudden amendment submission, stressing that this action radically opposes the Ministry’s political leadership. This...

Extra riot police were dispatched to the Greek island of Kos as tension is rising due to the increased arrival of migrants and refugees. Furthermore, Greek State Minister Alekos Flabouraris decided to send a cruise liner on the island that...

A video circulated on Monday afternoon depicting a Greek police officer on the island of Kos slapping a migrant while holding a knife in his other hand, causing immediate reactions within the country. In the video, shot outside Kos' police station, the officer is allegedly...

On Friday, the Greek Police Cyber Crime Unit arrested a 31-year-old Greek male in the Attica region, Greece, on child pornography charges. The Greek Public Order and Citizen Protection Ministry revealed that a review of the 31-year-old's data found that he owned around 38,000 child pornography videos. The Ministry...

Greek businessman Theodoros Savvaidis became the target of a group of unknown assailants who bombed his home in Vouliagmeni, near Athens, at 11:35 pm on Monday, August 3. According to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, the initial reports claimed that...

Two men, a 72-year-old pharmacist and his 27-year-old son, were found dead in their home in Serres, northern Greece. Their bodies were found by the elder man’s daughter around 10:00 pm on July 28. Greek police and EMTs were...

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...

The Greek Police electronic crime unit announced on Sunday the cracking of an internet pornography case with a 17-year-old girl as the victim, saying it had drawn up charges relating to the dissemination of child pornography on the internet. The investigation...

Clashes broke out between police and rioters around the Greek Parliament in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Greek lawmakers are now convening in parliament to vote on the provisional bailout deal that would bring more austerity measures and reforms in exchange for...