Athens Informer

As a new report by Europol marks a worrying increase in the activities of far-right organizations in several European countries, a confidential Greek police document seen by Kathimerini highlights the need for a “reevaluation of security needs”… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Police over the weekend were questioning a 62year-old man in connection with the death of 81year-old woman on Friday in Florina, northern Greece. The elderly lady’s body was discovered by firefighters putting out a blaze in her home. An autopsy… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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As a new report by Europol marks a worrying increase in the activities of far-right organizations in several European countries, a confidential Greek police document seen by Kathimerini highlights the need for a “re-evaluation of security needs” following… … Full News here – Latest News

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Anyone earning 100,000 euros or more a year who wants police protection will have to pay the force for the deployment of its officers, according to a draft law being prepared by the government. Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias revealed the plans… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found floating near Corinth, south of Athens, on Thursday. An autopsy is pending on her cause of death. No more details were made immediately available…. … Full News here – Latest News

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Authorities expect a busy day on the roads and at ports in Greece on Monday as Athenians return from their Easter vacations. Ferry companies reported that they had sold almost 100 percent of their tickets for many crossings. Departures from Piraeus this y… … Full News here – Latest News

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A fugitive who was allegedly part of a gang that carried out more than two dozen armed robberies, including one in which four policemen were shot and injured, has been arrested in Athens, police said on Thursday. The 37-year-old, who was not named, was ar… … Full News here – Latest News

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A five-judgePiraeus court yesterday handed down sentences of between six and 25 years to 16 men found guilty of involvement in an ambush against police officers in Zoniana, a rural area in Rethymno, Crete, during a drug raid in November 2007, in which… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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A 19-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki on Sunday on suspicion of murdering his 65-year-old grandfather. The older man was found stabbed to death in his apartment in the Ambelokipi area of the city. Police said he shared the property with his grand… … Full News here – Latest News

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Police in Patra, Western Greece, have arrested one man in connection to a drive-by shooting earlier this month that left a 38-year-old man dead and another critically injured. The suspect, 31, is the brother of the victim, police said. He was arrested wit… … Full News here – Latest News

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Municipal police officers are to start patrolling the streets of Athens on bicycles after Orthodox Easter as part of a campaign to reinforce a crackdown on motorists illegally accessing pedestrianized areas and to encourage more Athenians to take up… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Financial police have conducted checks on eight farming companies operating in the Nea Manolada area, where Bangladeshi strawberry pickers were short earlier this week. The police said late on Saturday that one owner had been arrested for employing undocu… … Full News here – Latest News

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There are a “significant” number of police officers in central and western Athens who are blackmailing immigrants, a member of the force’s internal affairs department told Sunday’s Kathimerini. The officer, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the poli… … Full News here – Latest News

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Laurelville police chief takes the cake LAURELVILLE — A piece of cake laced with marijuana sent Laurelville Police Chief Mike Berkemeier to Berger Hospital in Circleville for a day-and-a-half after he unwittingly ate the pot-laced pastry that was left inside his home. Beleaguered from … Full News here – Read more on The Athens Messenger

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Two residents of the village of Ierissos in Halkidiki, northern Greece, who are alleged to have been involved in an arson attack on a controversial mining project in the area, were detained yesterday amid furious protests by fellow villagers who raided… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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