Greek police

Crisis, money and debt- these are the three words that every Greek citizen uses everyday. During the past years, one more has been added to the list-- immigrants. For others, this could be a neutral word but for Greece,...

Greece's new justice minister Antonis Roupakiotis called on prosecutors to probe police violence and said lack of action had fostered an atmosphere of impunity, in an interview published Saturday, Eleftherotypia commented. Numerous cases of police brutality against protesters and journalists...

Police say about 50 people threw eggs and plastic bottles of water at about 400 people holding a gay pride parade in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Police moved in to restrict the attackers on Saturday, but no injuries...

Despite the violent behavior of some of the MPs of Greece's far-right party Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) and the numerous cases of attacks on immigrants reported in Athens and other Greek cities, almost one out of every two policemen...

Authorities say police have clashed with about 150 people who attacked a public bus and shops in a western Athens suburb and that six officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The violence occurred Monday night in the Ano Liossia suburb,...

The impact of the financial crisis is not only economic, as many have already observed; ethics, culture, education are only some of the affected areas. The crisis seems to be connected with the high criminality rates of the Greek...

A small, homemade bomb exploded Tuesday outside the office of former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, causing a fire in the building, police said. No one was hurt. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred on the...

Based on a joint approach to tackle the problem of illegal immigration, Health Minister Andreas Loverdos and his Citizen Protection colleague, Michalis Chryssochoidis, presented a full-scale plan capable of ensuring the protection of public health in the country from...

Greek police have recovered an ancient statue that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens, and arrested the goat herder and another man who were allegedly trying to sell the work for €500,000 (£420,000). The marble...

The National Independence Day of March 25th was celebrated this year in Greece amidst tight security measures not only in the capital city, but across the country as well. In Thessaloniki the parade started ten minutes later than scheduled, while...