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Police Officers Removed After Kyriaki Griva Murder Outside Athens Precinct

Six police officers were removed from duty at an Athens police station on Wednesday after the femicide of 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva by her ex-boyfriend just outside the precinct. Griva had remained for eight minutes inside the Agioi Anargyroi police station...

Greek Police Under Fire After Femicide Outside Athens Precinct

Greek police are under fire after the latest femicide in Athens. A woman was murdered outside a police precinct where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend. The 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva was fatally stabbed on Monday evening shortly after...

New Femicide Shocks Greece: Woman Murdered by Her Ex

In another case of femicide in Greece, a 28-year-old woman was fatally stabbed on Monday evening shortly after she had gone to her local police station in Agioi Anargyroi in northern Athens to seek police protection against her ex-boyfriend. Investigators...

Greek Flag in Pink Exhibit in New York Causes Uproar in Athens

A Greek flag in pink colors exhibited in the Greek consulate of New York has caused anger in Athens with Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis ordering the artwork to be withdrawn. The controversial piece by artist Georgia Lale was exhibited to...

Man Kills Wife and Baby in Yet Another Femicide in Greece

Yet another man committed femicide, killing his partner and their 10-month-old daughter with a hunting rifle in the village of Lekani near ​​Kavala in northern Greece on Friday. The 56-year-old man took both victims to a cattle pen he owned...

Caroline Crouch Killer Begs for Forgiveness, Has “No Excuses”

Babis Anagnostopoulos, the Greek helicopter pilot who killed his British wife Caroline Crouch last March, testified in court on Wednesday that he had "no excuses" for killing the young mother. Anagnostopoulos, 33, even begged for forgiveness for killing his wife,...

29-Year-Old Greek-American Mother Murdered in New York

New York police are investigating after 29-year-old Greek-American Irene Spantopanagos, who was stabbed to death in an apparent murder-suicide attempt on Saturday. Authorities say officers from the Nassau County Police Department's were called to a home on North Manhattan Avenue...

Greek Man Kills American Wife in Yet Another Femicide in Greece

Police arrested a 69-year-old man in the city of Ioannina, Greece for beating his American wife to death on Sunday in yet another femicide recorded in Greece. The ambulance service received a call late on Sunday night and rushed to...

Woman Beaten to Death by Husband in 16th Femicide in Greece this Year

A 29-year-old woman in the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupoli died on Thursday night after allegedly suffering a severe beating at the hands of her husband. This is the 16th femicide in Greece this year alone. The victim, a mother...