Greek police

Police in northern Greece have arrested a village priest and a church elder for allegedly digging for treasure around the altar in the church. A police statement on Friday says villagers complained of loud drilling noises late yesterday from the...

Police arrested a 35-year-old woman in Thessaloniki, for non- payment of taxes amounting to 48 million euros, in an effort to clamp down on tax evasion. The woman operated a clothing company between 2006 and 2010, according to a statement...

According to Focus News Agency, fans of CSKA Sofia protested maltreatment by the Greek police after not being allowed to cross the Greek-Bulgarian borders in order to watch the volleyball game between Iraklis and CSKA in Thessaloniki on January...

A former Greek minister avoided arrest late Saturday after ramming his car into a policeman during a traffic stop, a police source and other reports stated on Sunday, cited by AFP. Kimon Koulouris, 71, had been pulled over after running...

A bitter debate has reopened in crisis-hit Greece about the cost of violent demonstrations on the country's battered capital and the risks they pose to the nation's critically important tourism industry. A senior tourism official has expressed amazement that the...

According to a Greek police statement, 2 men have been arrested Thursday in Pyrgos for allegedly having illegally unearthed and possessing a 2,600-year-old bronze helmet. The Police say the 6th century B.C. ancient helmet was in fine condition, while during...

Over €2 million of cannabis has been seized by the Greek police Tuesday in an operation aided by the Irish Garda and PSNI units. A Northern Irish man driving a truck was stopped near Athens and 100kg of the drug...

For over 6 years, authorities around Europe had been searching for the Albanian mastermind behind an enormous human smuggling business based in Belgium. The notorious human trafficker was finally arrested by the Greek police while trying to cross the...

ATHENS - A police officer captured on camera hitting a woman photographer  during an anti-austerity protest on Oct. 5 has been arrested and charged with assaulting her. The officer, who works with the riot police, was not named but the...

August 2011: as a result of a police fatal shooting, disaffected hooded youth burn[...]