violence

The Greek Police (ELAS) will be creating a new department to deal with domestic violence issues, according to a recent announcement. The members of the new department will be tasked with the prevention of violence inside the family. They will receive...

Saturday was marked by serious disturbances in various locations in Athens and Thessaloniki as anarchists and disruptive football fans clashed with the police. A group of about 40 people threw petrol bombs at the Acropolis Police Station at around 11:40...

Nearly 60 percent of the women who are victims of violence in Cyprus don't report the incident to anyone, according to the shocking results of a study conducted on the island. The study was the first ever undertaken in...

An unknown group of assailants attacked and injured two people in the library of the Athens University of Economics and Business in the latest incident of violence on a university campus. According to the University’s Senate, the attack occurred at...

Violent burglaries in Greece are on the rise over the past few months, according to the Greek Police (ELAS). ELAS' official figures show that there have been an increase in the number of armed robberies around Attica, where groups of...

For the second time this week, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis has called for the resignation of Nikos Toskas, the Citizens' Protection Minister, in light of the vandalism and acts of violence that have taken place throughout the city in recent...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed the government’s determination to introduce reforms in Greek football in an effort to end violence and restore normality, during a meeting with representatives of Greece’s 2004 national team at Maximos Mansion on Friday. The prime...

A friendly water polo match between young Greek and Croatian players turned violent on Sunday. The finals took place in Belgrade between the two countries' national junior teams. In the middle of the final eight minutes, a Croat hit...

“No tolerance of illegal activity and acts of violence that undermine Democracy, we should break the vicious circle of tension which leads to violence and the vicious circle of violence that leads to tension,” stated the prime minister, while...

Reeling from a crushing economic crisis that has put nearly two million people out of work, and with extremism on the increase, Greece is seeing a spike in the number of violent crimes and verbal abuse, police records show,...