Greece

The former manager of the Church of Greece non-governmental charity "Allileggii" (Solidarity) and three alleged accomplices were indicted on Tuesday to stand trial on serious charges ranging from embezzlement of public funds to breach of trust. The charges relate...

Well-known business executive and shipowner Victor Restis was arrested on a warrant from the prosecutor's office while Greek police said they were looking for three more people who appear to be involved in an embezzlement and money laundering case...

Coming on the heels of the conviction of a former mayor of Thessaloniki on corruption charges, prosecutors are charging Mykonos Mayor  Athanasios Kousathanas – Megas and former mayor Christos Veronis with embezzlement during their terms running the famous island's...

Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, a former sprinter who studied medicine, earning him the nickname "The Flying Doctor," before becoming Mayor of Thessaloniki from 1999-2010, was found guilty by a court there on Feb. 26 of stealing almost 18 million euros ($23.56...

Police in Attica on Thursday arrested the head of a municipal police unit for allegedly embezzling large quantities of gasoline ostensibly for a municipal motorcycle but which he actually used to cover his own transportation needs, reported Kathimerini daily. Officers...

ATHENS – Thirteen former executives of Greece’s money-bleeding Hellenic Railways (OSE,) one of the companies the coalition government led by New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is trying to sell off,  have been charged with stealing state funds and...

Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt,...

A Greek fugitive who had been on the lam for seventeen years was arrested earlier this week in Athens. But somehow in the intervening years he had managed to completely change his identity and lead a glamorous life in the...

An Albanian inmate of Attica's Korydallos, high-security prison, Arber Bako, was allegedly  stabbed to death inside the facility on Monday. Authorities did not release any further details of the reported stabbing. The convicted inmate was serving a prison sentence at Korydallos for the attempted murder...

The Piraeus-Kifissia Electric Railway, known to most as the "Ilektrikos" has been in operation for almost 150 years, during which time it has significantly transformed the world of transportation for Athenians and travelers alike. What started off as a transportation...

Following much public outcry, a Supreme Court prosecutor on Friday ordered the re-examination of the case of Aristides Floros, who has been re-arrested after being released early from prison due to a medical disability. The re-arrest is due to questions regarding...

Greek police have arrested on Saturday fugitive self-proclaimed billionaire Artemis Sorras who has been convicted to eight years in prison for embezzlement. Police tracked down Sorras to a house in the southern suburbs of Athens following a tip-off during their...

A doctor accused of being part of a ring of hospital employees allegedly stealing life-saving cancer medicines for sale abroad, was arrested on Wednesday. The doctor at Laiko Hospital in Athens was detained by Greek police's financial crimes squad and...

Greek police have arrested 21 people including doctors, nurses and pharmacists involved in a racket to steal cancer medicines from a public hospital and sell them abroad. The accused were taken to a prosecutor on Friday on felony charges of embezzlement,...

Twenty nine years ago dozens of thousands of football supporters gathered in center of Piraeus in adulation for the new star signed by their beloved team. Olympiakos Piraeus had put off a footballing coup by bringing to Greece one of...