Thousands of Greek police, firefighters and coast guard officers gathered Thursday in central Athens to protest a new round of wage cuts, expected to be announced by the government as part of the 13.5 billion euros ($17 billion) in budget cuts demanded by the country’s international lenders. Demonstrators chanted slogans and carried banners saying “Mercy, [...]
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Golden Dawn Goes After Immigrant Charged With Assaulting Teen Girl
PIRAEUS -Police said that a gang led by members of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn invaded a ship and tried to attack a 21-year-old Pakistani immigrant charged in the beating and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl on this Greek island when he was transferred to Piraeus. The immigrant admitted to the attack and apologized [...]
Greek Police Classified Document Αbout Possible Terrorist Strike Against Israelis
According to the Greek daily Eleftheros Typos, the Greek police across the country are on alert over a possible terrorist attack against Israeli nationals visiting Greece. The daily obtained a classified document issued by the Greek police three days ago expressing fears over possible bomb strikes against Israeli tourists on Greek soil. The Greek National [...]
Homicides, Household Robberies Surge in First Half of Year
Household robberies, homicides and sexual assaults in Greece surged in the first half of the year, national police reported. Bank robberies fell. Home holdups rose 52 percent to 604 and house robberies and break-ins climbed 12 percent to 13,832. Sexual assaults increased 62 percent to 306, and vehicle thefts rose 2 percent to 14,851, according [...]
Less Police Guards for Greek VIPs Amidst Public Outcry
Greek politicians and VIPs will be left without their private bodyguards redeployed from the Greek police, as announced on Tuesday, in a move aiming at soothing public anger over the ongoing crisis and rising criminality rates in the country. The harsh austerity measures imposed on the ordinary Greeks by the EU/ECB/IMF have had the people [...]
Afghan Migrant Reportedly Beaten by Greek Police
A community group claims that police officers attacked an Afghan immigrant last week, on Wednesday July 25 in his Athens apartment, leading to his falling from his balcony and resulting in his hospitalization. The allegation was made in an open letter to Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias by the The Association of Afghans United in [...]
Municipal Police Chief Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
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 of the police’s internal affairs unit said they detained the man after finding him filling [...]
Greek Police Ignore Everyday Attacks on Migrants
Crisis, money and debt- these are the three words that every Greek citizen uses everyday. During the past years, one more has been added to the list– immigrants. For others, this could be a neutral word but for Greece, it has been turned to a word with deeply negative connotations. No one is sure about [...]
Greek Justice Minister Speaks Out Against Police Violence
Greece’s new justice minister Antonis Roupakiotis called on prosecutors to probe police violence and said lack of action had fostered an atmosphere of impunity, in an interview published Saturday, Eleftherotypia commented. Numerous cases of police brutality against protesters and journalists have been reported in the last two years when anti-austerity demonstrators took to the street [...]
Gay Pride Rally in Thessaloniki Attacked (video)
Police say about 50 people threw eggs and plastic bottles of water at about 400 people holding a gay pride parade in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Police moved in to restrict the attackers on Saturday, but no injuries were reported. In recent days, Anthimos, the senior Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, had publicly [...]
Half of Police Force Votes for Chrysi Avgi Again
Despite the violent behavior of some of the MPs of Greece’s far-right party Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) and the numerous cases of attacks on immigrants reported in Athens and other Greek cities, almost one out of every two policemen voted for the party with pro-Nazi tendencies in last Sunday’s elections, as they had on May [...]
Violence in Athens Suburb Injures 6 Policemen
Authorities say police have clashed with about 150 people who attacked a public bus and shops in a western Athens suburb and that six officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The violence occurred Monday night in the Ano Liossia suburb, where clashes have occurred from time to time between police and Greek citizens from the [...]
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- Open Call for Greek Designers May 19, 2013
- Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18 May 18, 2013
- Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair May 17, 2013
- Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki May 17, 2013
