×
GreekEnglish

×
Thursday
13
Aug 2026
weather symbol
Athens 30°C

> police

> police

The abbot, the pawnbroker, and the… appraiser – How the Byzantine icon scam was set up and the phone call about Thanasis that “gave them away”

The ring planned sales of icons and two 18th-century Gospels for €200,000 – How Greek police undercover agents exposed the abbot of the Mega Spileo Monastery in Kalavryta along with his monk assistant

Riots at the CHP offices in Constantinople – Clashes between MPs and police officers

Hundreds of police set up barricades around the CHP building and clashed with a group of CHP supporters, including CHP MPs.

Kalavryta: Abbot of Spilaio Monastery arrested – He planned to sell 17 byzantine icons and two 18th-century gospels for €200,000

His assistant was also arrested – The abbot’s arrest followed a police sting operation, in which a female officer posed as a potential buyer

Chaos in Mykonos: Drunken tourists attack police during violent street fight – Video

The policemen were faced with the unexpected resistance of the tourists, who not only refused to comply but also attacked them.

Panos Kammenos spoke with the mastermind of the Cretan mafia, according to the Hellenic Police wiretap

The accused asked him to intervene for the election of his protégé to the position of Metropolitan – “It will happen, provided it depends on the American factor,” replied the former minister

China: Woman trapped in room rescued after writing message in her own blood

A food delivery worker found the message on a pillow that the desperate woman had thrown out the window and alerted the authorities

Giorgos Mazonakis: Certain members of his family are trying to destroy him, claims his best man

The artist himself alleged that his transfer to the psychiatric facility was carried out “with deceit” by his family, aiming at “his physical elimination.”

What the 19-year-old accused of starting the fire in Sychaina claimed, and the decisive role of the residents – “The driver was laughing”

Officials of the Arson Crimes Investigation Directorate have in their possession a wealth of testimonies, photographs, and videos related to the fires

A 41-year-old escapee from Larissa prison was arrested in Athens

He was sentenced to 21 years and 11 months imprisonment, for conspiracy to form a gang, aggravated robbery, aggravated theft, aggravated theft and aggravated theft

Seven arrests after a two-day operation of the Hellenic Police in West Attica – Most for weapons and drugs

Watch a video of the operation of the MAOE in areas of West Attica

Previous
Load more