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Police Station Attacked in Gold Protest

Authorities say a police station has been attacked in a village in northern Greece where frequent protests have broken out against plans to develop a gold mine in the area by a Canadian mining company. The attack took place in...

Greece Sees Drop In Crime Rate

Despite fears that the country's crushing economic crisis would create a surge in violence, robberies and other serious crime, Greek police report that the number of crimes fell in the first two months of this year. Homicides fell by 22.5...

Greek Police, Public Worker Corruption Soars

While Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, like his predecessors, has vowed to crack down on corruption, the problem is getting worse in the police department and among civil servants during the country's crushing economic crisis, a Greek Police special task...

Bomb Explodes in Central Athens

Greek police say a bomb has exploded near the Acropolis in central Athens, but it was not immediately clear what the target was and whether anybody has been hurt. The explosion outside a ship owner's house Nikos Tsakos occurred at...

Gold Mine Protesters Clash With Police Again

Just weeks after arsonists set fire to equipment at a gold mine project in northern Greece - which led the pro-development government to swiftly give approval for the work to proceed - protesters who say it will harm the...

Scavengers Stripping Greece of Metals

Greeks and foreigners desperate for money are dismantling bridges, highways and rail transit systems that required billions of euros in European Union subsidies to build, tearing off metal for scrap to sell, much if it going to China and...

Police Deny Terror, Heist Suspects Tortured

Greek law enforcement officials have reiterated their assertion that four men arrested for bank robberies and believed to belong to a terrorist cell were not beaten while in custody, despite photos that show they were clearly bruised and injured. Public...

Greek Police Arrest Two In Terror Group

With political violence and crime rising, Greek police said they have arrested two of four suspects that authorities believe robbed a bank and post office and said they are wanted members of a domestic terrorist group. The suspects, whose names...

Female Teacher Arrested for Pedophilia in Athens

A 52-year-old woman working as a foreign language teacher was arrested yesterday for pedophilia by men of the Cyber Crime Department of the Greek Police in Athens. This is the first case of a female pedophile being arrested in...

Greek Police Bust International Migrant Smuggling Ring

Greek police have dismantled an international migrant trafficking ring that had been using boats to smuggle hundreds of people, mainly Syrians, from Turkey to Greece and Italy, authorities said Thursday. Police arrested 14 people — eight Greeks, five Syrians and...