police

The Greek police announced on Thursday morning that the main streets in central Athens will be shut off on Sunday due to a movie being filmed in the Greek capital. Residents and tourists will not be able to drive or...

A 56-year old Greek Australian and his two sons were arrested in Melbourne on the night of February 10, Melbourne police announced earlier this week. The father is charged with the murder of a man and his sons are charged...

The Greek police are bracing for possible violence at a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement which is scheduled to take place in Athens on Thursday evening. The metro station at Syntagma Square will be closed from 16:30 local time (14:30 G.M.T.)...

Protesters clashed with riot police outside Greece's Parliament on Sunday afternoon, following a rally in Syntagma Square against the Prespa Agreement. Witnesses who uploaded videos and pictures on social media stated that members of the police force guarding the Greek Parliament...

  Teachers and riot police clashed in central Athens on Monday afternoon, following a protest against a new system of hiring educators which the Greek government announced recently. The protest was organized by D.O.E. and O.L.M.E., the largest teachers' unions in...

Two prisoners from Athens' Korydallos high-security prison of broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, forcing the Greek capital's police authorities to launch an extensive manhunt to locate and arrest the inmates, who are Albanian nationals. The two Albanians were...

Scores of young people who took to the streets of Athens to mark the tenth anniversary of the murder of teen Alexandros Grigoropoulos clashed with police in streets around central Athens on Thursday evening. The new confrontations took place around...

A homeless man holding British nationality was found brutally murdered in Athens' underground station Thisio on Thursday morning. The British national had been living on the streets of Athens. His body was found by employees of the Athenian electric railways at...

Two individuals wearing masks over their faces are responsible for damage caused to the guardhouse on the ancient site of Pnyx Hill in Athens, according to the Hellenic Police. The two men threatened the archaeological site's security guard, forcing him...

Violent clashes erupted on the streets of central Athens right after the conclusion of the annual march commemorating the 1973 Polytechnic uprising against the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 until 1974. Despite more than 5,000 police officers being...