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Greek and Albanian police chiefs decided on Thursday on a coordinated plan of action involving police officers in Greece and Albania to deal with the major drug problem between the two countries and cross-border crime in general. Hellenic Police chief...

The Citizen Protection Ministry wants to increase police presence in the streets to better protect citizens, Minister Nikos Toskas said in an interview with Saturday's "Ta Nea", adding that an effort is being made to lower the crime rate...

Greek police believe that the terrorist group "Revolutionary Self-Defense" was behind Monday’s attack against police, who were guarding the offices of PASOK, in central Athens. According to preliminary ballistic results conducted by the Criminal Investigation Directorate, the weapon used was a...

Police in Cyprus have stepped up security measures at the Republic’s ports and airports after a Brussels alert about a possible terrorist attack against a European country. The message was sent to Brussels, through Twitter alerting travellers of a heightened...

Police have found a break in the murder case of the 57-year-old broker from Glyfada, who was found on June 11 in a car park in Agios Konstantinos. Following an examination of the victims stomach contents the police went to...

Police arrested 15 people and seized drugs and guns in northern Greece as part of an ongoing operation to dismantle a large criminal gang that imported drugs from Bulgaria and sold them to various regions of the country. Authorities said...

Two boys aged two and four were abandoned outside the church of Aghios Panteleimon in Thessaloniki’s Kalamaria area on Tuesday. People who saw them standing outside the church alerted police who transferred them to the local Greek police station. The...

A 54-year-old man facing murder charges turned himself over to the police on Wednesday morning. The unnamed man is suspected of fatally shooting 23-year-old Manolis Stratakis in Rethymno, Crete last Sunday. Authorities believe that the shooting took place because of a...

A 65-year old priest was arrested in Patras accused of shooting and killing two dogs. According to police, the suspect shot and fatally injured two dogs that had entered into his garden with a hunting rifle. Afterwards the priest took the...

The special guard who confessed to killing a taxi driver in a remote area of Kastoria on Friday afternoon was charged with murder and use of firearms. The 30-year-old policeman requested and received a deadline to prepare his defense...