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EURO 2016 Qualifiers: Greece Humiliated with 1-0 Loss to Faroe Islands [Pics and Videos]

Greece have just lost 0-1 to the Faroe Islands for the Euro 2016 qualifiers in one of the biggest upsets in the history of football! The little island country north of the UK is celebrating their most important sport's victory ever. With...

Four Nigrita Guards in Kareli Case Released On Bail

Four Nigrita prison guards alleged to be involved in the murder of the Albanian lifer, Ilia Kareli, were released on bail by public prosecutors in Serres, Greece on Monday. All four were banned from leaving the country and are obliged to report...

Thirteen Prison Guards Tried For the Death of Albanian Inmate

Thirteen prison guards allegedly implicated in the murder of an Albanian prisoner named Ilia Kareli are to face charges of aggravated torture resulting in his death, following a decision by judges in Serres. Ilia Kareli was found dead in his...

Christodoulos Xeros' DNA Found on Itea Police Station Parcel-Bomb

A day following the proclamation sent by the Greek terrorist organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claiming responsibility for the parcel bomb which was sent to the Itea Police Station in central Greece on April 29, Greek police authorities...

Conspiracy of Cells of Fire Behind Recent Parcel-Bomb in Police Station

The terrorist organization "Conspiracy of Cells of Fire"  claimed responsibility for the parcel bomb which was sent to the Itea Police Station, central Greece, on April 29. According to the organization's proclamation, posted on the website Contra Info, the parcel-bomb...

Letter Bomb Sent to Greek Police Station

Greek police have said a package containing an improvised explosive device was sent to the police station in Itea, central Greece, without any warning. Bomb-disposal units were despatched to the area to identify the parcel. Itea police officers have been prosecuted for the death of...

Prosecutor Delays Deposition of Nigrita Prison Guard

State prosecutor in Serres, northern Greece, Georgia Toutoumtzi, on Friday postponed the deposition of a Nigrita prison guard linked with the death of Albanian inmate Ilia Kareli last month. This decision was taken because the guard claims to have left the...

Photos Released of Albanian Inmate's Torture

Seven shocking photos from Nigrita prison’s security cameras have come to light, showing Ilia Kareli's arrival and the guards' “welcome”. Newspaper To Vima published the photos Wednesday, prompting widespread horror across Greece. Ilia Kareli, a 42 year-old lifer of Albanian origin, was found dead in...

6 Jail Guards in Custody for Albanian Prisoner's Death

Six out of the eight prison guards from Nigrita prison, in northern Greece, who on Tuesday appeared before the Greek court and apologized for the torture and death of the Albanian prisoner Ilia Kareli will remain in custody. The six...

Probe Finds Evidence of Torture at Nigrita

All the prison guards who tortured Albanian inmate Ilia Kareli in Nigrita, Greece, have confessed and expressed regret for their actions, and asked to be released. Judge Georgia Toutountzi listened carefully to the statements given by the prison guards. They are accused of...

Greek Prison Guards Admit Torturing Albanian Inmate

Greek police sergeant Antonis Aravantinos made several revelations about the death of Ilia Kareli at Nigrita prison in an interview Tuesday. In particular, he stated that during the investigation carried out by the Greek police internal affairs department, head of the prison guard...

Greek Prison Guards to be Arrested for Albanian Inmate's Death

Greek authorities are just a step away from arresting the prison guards responsible for beating Albanian lifer, Ilia Kareli to death while he was in solitary confinement at Nigrita Prison, in Serres. The Greek prosecutor in Amfissa who is in...

Greek Coroner: Malandrinos Killer Beaten to Death

Greek coroners determined Friday that Ilia Kareli, the Albanian convict who killed a Greek prison guard, died of a heart attack after sustaining multiple injuries, including a fractured sternum caused by a baton, and possible torture. Kareli, 42, was found unconscious in his cell...

Prisoner who Killed Guard Found Dead in his Cell

Ilia Kareli, the Albanian inmate, at the Malandrino prison, in Central Greece was found dead inside his cell, on Thursday March 27. On Tuesday, the prisoner of Albanian origin had murdered the 46 year-old prison guard, Giorgos Tsironis. Following the...

Tension in Greek Jails

  According to a Ministry of Justice official, the Greek authorities are investigating whether the murder of the prison guard, Giorgos Tsironis, by an inmate at the Malandrino Prison in central Greece, is part of an alleged effort to increase...