Murder

Cold-Blooded Murder on Crete: Father Kills 20-Year-Old in Revenge for Son’s Death

A 54-year-old man, identified as Konstantinos Parasiris, has surrendered to police in Heraklion, Crete for the murder of a 20-year-old man in the Ammoudara area on May 5. Authorities said the victim, Nikistratos Gemistos, was shot six times. Upon turning...

Greek-Canadian Mom Sentenced for Killing Sons to “Be United in Heaven” After Husband’s Death

Greek-Canadian Vanessa Kollias, 27, has been sentenced to life in prison for the second-degree murder of her two young sons, Dimitris, 4, and Giannis, 5, just days after her 72-year-old husband, Kostas Kollias, died of cancer. She confessed in a...

Four Years On: Renewed Calls for Justice in Giorgos Karaivaz Murder Case

International media freedom and journalism organizations marked the fourth anniversary of the murder of Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz in April 2021 with a renewed call for justice and an end to ongoing impunity. Organizations including ARTICLE 19 Europe, European...

‘Modern-Day Greek Medea’ Pispirigou Gets Life for Killing Her Daughters

Roula Pispirigou, a mother from Patra in Western Greece, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of all three of her daughters in a case that has shocked the country. The 35-year-old, who is already serving a life sentence...

Mystery Remains Over Murder of Greek Journalist Giorgos Karaivaz

The case of the murdered Greek journalist Giorgos Karaivaz took another turn on Wednesday as an Athens court found two defendants not guilty, leaving the crime unsolved. The court, which included both judges and a majority of jurors, found there...

Woman Killed in Yet Another Femicide in Greece

A 37-year-old woman, another victim of femicide, was killed by her husband in western Greece's Amphilochia town in the early hours of Saturday, July 13th. According to the local e-maistros website based in western Greece, the perpetrator was a 42-year-old...

Young Greek Man Killed at Graduation Party in Germany

A Greek 20-year-old was beaten to death by a gang of men at a park in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The young man, Philippos Tsanis, had attended his sister's graduation ceremony and dance last Sunday night...

‘Modern-day Medea’ in Greece Gets Life for Killing Her Daughter

A Greek woman was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Athens on Friday after she was found guilty of the murder of her daughter in 2022. 35-year-old Roula Pispirigou from the western port city of Patras was...

Woman Convicted of Murder Conspiracy in Case of Jennifer Dulos

A woman was convicted Friday of conspiring to murder missing mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos, who vanished from a wealthy Connecticut enclave in 2019 and was never found. Prosecutors said Michelle Troconis, 49, helped her then-boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, in his plot to...