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Greek police used teargas and water cannon to disperse people who had gathered in central Athens on Saturday to protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 4,000 people rallied outside the Greek parliament for a third time this month to oppose mandatory inoculations for some workers,

Greek police have recovered a stolen Picasso painting given to Greece by the artist personally to reward resistance against the Nazis during World War II.

Police in Athens on Friday fired tear gas into a metro station entrance as they scuffled with demonstrators defending a far-left hitman, near death after a long hunger strike in prison.

Greek police plan a crackdown on violators of the current coronavirus measures on New Year’s Day, according to a statement by a Hellenic Police spokesperson on Wednesday. More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed throughout the country for the New Year’s Day holiday in order to ensure compliance with …

The Greek Police announced on Friday night that they suspended three border guards and one police officer on the island of Lesvos, following the publication of a video, which showed them beating helpless refugees and migrants on the Eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.

A Greek Anti-terrorism squad arrested a man suspected of having participated in the ISIS terrorist group on Thursday at Athens’ Eleonas refugee and migrant camp. The authorities stated that they seized electronic devices from the shipping container in which he lived at the camp,

Footage on social media showed Greek protesters fleeing police as authorities fired tear gas into the crowd, after they gathered to mark the anniversary of the 1973 student revolt in defiance of a Covid-linked ban on rallies.

The Greek Police issued a statement late on Saturday night announcing that all public gatherings of more than four people in Greece’s public places will be banned from Sunday, November 15, to Wednesday,

The Greek police in the city of Chania in Crete recently fined a destitute 61-year-old man for not wearing a face mask. The fine was €300. The man was going to Splantzia Square, where a local soup kitchen offers food to those in need.

Christos Pappas, a senior leader of Greece’s recently outlawed extreme-right Golden Dawn party, has refused to turn himself in after receiving jail time for his role in the group. A police search for the fugitive is underway.