Greece
Greece
Greek PM Apologizes for Police Violence; Bodycams on Officers
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Friday to victims of police violence and announced that bodycams will be installed on officers.
Crime
Greek President Marks International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou posted a Facebook message on Wednesday marking the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women. The first-ever female in that position stated "Violence against women, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, violence...
Culture
Greek President: Conversion of Chora Museum to Mosque "An Act of Symbolic Violence"
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Friday called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent decision to convert the historic Chora former Christian monastery to a mosque "an act of symbolic violence dictated by political arrogance."
After the conversion of Istanbul's Hagia...
Greece
Violence Breaks Out at Protest Against Bill to Regulate Demonstrations in Greece
Police clashed with demonstrators outside the Greek parliament building on Thursday evening as lawmakers approved a bill which aims to regulate demonstrations.
A group of protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at riot police while police responded with tear gas and flash...
Crime
Greek Academics, Politicians Call for Crackdown on Campus Violence
Prominent academics and politicians signed an open letter on Wednesday calling on the Greek government to put an end to the endemic violence in university campuses throughout the country.
Paris-based Byzantologist Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, political historian Thanos Veremis, wrote in their letter...
Crime
Greek Police Create Special Domestic Violence Department
The Greek Police (ELAS) will be creating a new department to deal with domestic violence issues, according to a recent announcement.
The members of the new department will be tasked with the prevention of violence inside the family. They will receive...
Crime
At Least Two Injured in Day of Violence in Greece (video)
Saturday was marked by serious disturbances in various locations in Athens and Thessaloniki as anarchists and disruptive football fans clashed with the police.
A group of about 40 people threw petrol bombs at the Acropolis Police Station at around 11:40...
Greece
Greece Accused of Violence at Turkish Border (video)
The group "Human Rights Watch" accused Greek authorities on Tuesday of violently forcing back migrants who tried to illegally enter Greece from neighboring Turkey.
The organization issued a statement urging Greece to investigate the allegations immediately, Human Rights Watch says...
Cyprus
Sixty Percent of Female Victims in Cyprus Don't Report Violence
Nearly 60 percent of the women who are victims of violence in Cyprus don't report the incident to anyone, according to the shocking results of a study conducted on the island. The study was the first ever undertaken in...
Environment
Greece's Corfu Wallows in Trash Amid Violence over Garbage Site
The authorities on Corfu have started collecting the mounds of trash which have been piling up for weeks on the island after residents near dumping grounds prevented garbage trucks from approaching.
So far 500 tons of trash have been collected by the...
Crime
Violence and Lawlessness Create a Republic of Fear in Greece
The shocking weekend mob attack on elderly Thessaloniki mayor, Yiannis Boutaris, is the latest incident of politically motivated violence to have underscored a widespread sense of lawlessness in Greece.
Boutaris has repeatedly angered hardliners with controversial and blunt statements on...
Crime
Greek Court Convicts Migrants, Refugees of Camp Violence
A Greek court has convicted dozens of refugees and migrants on serious charges stemming from violence last year on the Aegean islands.
The guilty verdicts for 32 people for injuring 11 police officers and attempting to injure 13 more come...
Greece
Olympiacos Coach Rushed to Hospital as Violence Mars Greek Derby
Olympiacos coach Oscar Garcia was rushed to a hospital after he was hit by an item thrown by the crowd just before the start of the top of table clash against PAOK in Thessaloniki.
The incident occurred just before kick...
Greece
UN Warns of Sexual Violence in Overcrowded Greek Refugee Camps
Refugees and migrants in Greek camps suffer widespread sexual violence and harassment while the living conditions are sub-standard, the UN said on Friday.
According to a Digital Journal report, in 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) received...
Crime
Greece Records 13,700 Cases of Domestic Violence
Greek police have released chilling statistics which reveal that more than 13,700 cases of domestic violence – overwhelmingly against women – were recorded between 2013 and 2017.
The Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported a police source saying 2017 alone saw 3,134...