ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation. Speaking to youths in a Black Sea town, Turkey’s president directly threatened his country’s western neighbour: Unless the Greeks “stay calm,” he said, Turkey’s new ballistic missiles would hit their capital city.
Riots broke out in Athens as thousands of people protested in response to the soaring inflation rates befalling the country.
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was sexually abused by over 200 men has been taken into custody after a court rejected her story.
Far-left anarchist extremists are blamed over the discovery of an explosive device at an Athens court complex this week.
A far-left extremist anarchist group has taken credit for the bombing and arson attack against the offices of a Greek news publisher.
Three homemade explosive devices were detonated at the building of a Greek media group on Wednesday, prompting condemnation from the government and opposition parties alike.
Investigators are refusing to rule out the possibility that the bombing of a tax office in Athens this week that caused substantial damage could be linked to domestic terrorism, with far-left extremists taking credit for the blast.
A group of far-left anarchists have taken credit for attacking riot police in a district of Athens, while an incendiary device was also planted and set off outside the home of a conservative MP.
Firefighters in Greece on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day in two suburbs of the capital of Athens.
A far-left extremist group has taken credit for the attempted bombing of the home of a Greek police officer that took place in March,
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Pope Francis was heckled by an elderly Greek Orthodox priest on Saturday as he arrived for a meeting with the head of the country’s Orthodox Church, evidence of the lingering distrust between some Orthodox and Catholics centuries after Christianity was cleaved in half.
Greek police arrested two activists for protesting at the Acropolis in Athens against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Greek police have arrested a 34-year-old Iraqi national who has been rejected for asylum twice on suspicion of having ties to the Islamic State.
A 33-year-old anti-authoritarian far-left anarchist has been charged with multiple felonies after potentially carrying out several armed robberies of banks in Greece. The 33-year-old was the main suspect in an armed bank robbery earlier this month after a Piraeus Bank branch
The Greek hospital workers union POEDIN has called for a six-hour strike on Tuesday to protest mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers.
Greek police have stated that a known far-left anarchist extremist is the main suspect in three armed bank robberies in Athens in the last month.
Green authorities arrested 24 members of the far-left group known as “Rubicon” for allegedly storming the Environmental Ministry.
The Greek Ministry of Health has revealed that 5,895 suspensions have been handed out to hospital workers who are either not fully vaccinated or refused the coronavirus vaccine.
Greek police have not yet commented on whether or not they believe Abedi Elmi’s passports were meant to help facilitate illegal migration.
Greek police arrested three members of a people-trafficking ring on suspicion of supplying migrants with fake coronavirus documents intended to allow them to fly to other European countries.
Unknown suspects attacked a vaccination centre in western Athens on Friday, cutting wiring for the backup generators powering refrigeration units used to store coronavirus vaccines.
As wildfires rage across much of Greece, police say they are investigating possible arson attacks that may linked to fires in Athens and in Ilia.
An Afghan migrant raped a 25-year-old pregnant woman in an Athens neighbourhood, and when she begged for help from three Pakistanis, they raped her, too.
Police arrested a Greek helicopter pilot who had claimed his British wife was killed during a robbery at the couple’s home outside Athens.
Several countries in Europe have condemned the government of Belarus for diverting a Ryanair flight in its airspace to arrest a dissident journalist on board.
Greek police have arrested a 34-year-old Pakistani migrant accused of attempting to rape minor girls and one young woman in the southern suburbs of Athens.
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 286 into law on Friday that prevents law enforcement from being defunded in the state.
A police officer brutally beaten by a mob of rioters in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni has said he thought he was going die.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government announced plans Friday to reopen the Acropolis in Athens and other ancient sites nationwide and provide free weekly rapid tests for COVID-19 for all the country’s residents as it prepares to restart the tourism season in mid-May.
A 30-year-old Iraqi migrant has been arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a police officer earlier this week during riots following a protest.
The Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni was described as a “war zone” on Tuesday night as police clashed with far-left rioters for hours, leading to at least 10 police officers being injured and 16 arrests.
Two police officers in Athens, Alabama, are being called hometown heroes for recently saving two lives in two days during roadside emergencies.
A group of an estimated 100 far-left anarchist extremists formed a checkpoint on the streets of an Athens suburb this week, allegedly checking cars to see if police officers were inside.
42 far-left militants were arrested after storming the Greek cultural ministry in support of far-left terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas.
A small bomb exploded outside the offices of three newspapers in Athens, the building having been vandalised the year before by far-leftists.
A man in Athens, Georgia, is showing his young mentee the power of a strong friendship during a time of tragedy and loss.
A Pakistani migrant drug dealer in Athens has been accused of taking two teenaged girls prisoner before drugging them both and raping one in his apartment.
Greek police in Athens undertook a manhunt this week for a migrant who is said to have attempted to rape a local woman while wrapping a chain around her neck.
The city of Athens has opened its first state-sanctioned mosque, after being the only major capital in the European Union without an official place of worship for Muslims.
Athens police conducted an operation to find businesses in violation of Greece’s coronavirus guidelines, and handed out a total of €100,000 worth of fines.
