Greece

After a barrage of burglaries in the region of Piraeus, a DIAS motorcycle-riding squad was called to the area to monitor the situation and locate the culprits.  Then, at around 11:00am, the Dias police unit that was on guard,...

A large group of men assaulted a police patrol vehicle at Evelpidon Street court complex in downtown Athens on Thursday. The officers were carrying a suspect arrested earlier when they came under the attack of around 20 men, as...

An undercover investigation in Chania, Crete, ended with the arrest of five police officers who played a role in smuggling weapons and ammunition in frozen meat packaging. The officers, charged with participating in a conspiracy ring and arms smuggling,...

The school year for primary and secondary students starts today across Greece. Priests and politicians visit schools for the ceremonious first-day holy blessing event. Students will receive their books and meet their teachers. However, this school year starts with a shortage...

Risking being the butt of jokes, Greek police, who've been criticized for being unable to catch thieves or tax evaders, chased and arrested a runaway goat after a slow-hoofed pursuit around the harbor of the Peloponnesian city Kalamata. It...

The Greek Police captured three people involved in the attack against celebrity hair stylist Panos Kallitsis at his Lycabettus Hill home on Saturday, January 30. Two Greeks and a foreigner approached Kallitsis and shot at him before grabbing his...

Twelve people were released early on Sunday after being rounded up by police on suspicion of placing self-made bombs outside the police station at the Dafni district of Athens on Saturday night. About 25 people wearing hoodies and helmets threw several...

The Greek counter-terrorism unit suspect that the attack at the Israeli embassy on Friday was the prelude of another, larger terrorist strike. After ballistic tests determined that the two AK-47 rifles that fired at the Israeli embassy were the same guns that...

The average age of Greek policemen belonging to the Riot Squad (MAT) and the DIAS motorcycle unit is rising alarmingly as fewer policemen choose to enter the special units. When DIAS was established in 2010, the average age of policemen was...

More than 2 1/2 years after an anti-austerity protest in Athens, Greece, turned ugly and violent, 18 police officers were due to stand trial on Jan. 20 on brutality charges after images showed bloody confrontations with demonstrators. The events...

Former Transport Minister Michalis Liapis, who was charged with driving an uninsured luxury cars with phony license plates so he could avoid paying a 1,320 euros ($1,814) road tax came up with the money, a fine of 780 euros...

Officials of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party said the killings of two of its members gunned down outside an Athens neighborhood headquarters on Nov. 1 was the work of terrorists and that it was left without police protection in...