Greek Police

A Turkish national was arrested by Greek police on the island of Kalymnos, Monday afternoon on a series of charges. The 38-year-old man, who had a pending Europol arrest warrant in Germany, is charged with fraud, theft and embezzelment. After searching his home in the presence of a judge, authorities discovered and confiscated small amounts of unprocessed cannabis.

Members of the Greek fire service took part in a demonstration in central Athens Friday, demanding new hirings and better working conditions. "We do not have the luxury of sitting back and watching a gloomy future stretch out before us," the union representing Greek fire service workers said in a statement, bemoaning the impact of austerity on livelihoods.

Tolerance of violence and general lawbreaking behavior will always and inevitably lead to an escalation of both.

Speaking to anchor Antonis Srioter of Alpha TV’s nightly news bulletin, the leader of Greece’s major opposition New Democracy (ND) party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to repeal the government’s “illegal procedures” to permanently appoint seasonal contracted employees in the public sector.

A Russian diplomat by the name of Andrey Malanin was found dead in Athens on Monday. The 54-year-old man was found by some of his aides at his residence on 7 Atticou street. According to reports he did not show up in his office Monday morning, while he had not contacted anybody, which prompted his associates to search for him.

The Greek Police said it has unraveled a gang that had carried out at least 20 violent armed robberies at supermarkets.

Officers have arrested two men, aged 37 and 57, while another two suspected members, both 34, are already serving a prison sentence after being apprehended last June.

Two more suspects, aged 37 and 55, were arrested last week.

An Athens prosecutor yesterday brought charges against Panagiota Roupa, a leading member of the Revolutionary Struggle guerrilla group, and a 25-year-old woman, of running a new terrorist organization.

Roupa and the woman were arrested early on Thursday in separate raids in two different suburbs of Athens following months of police surveillance.

Pola Roupa, who was arrested by Greek police on Thursday for her involvement in terrorist activities, is facing a series of new penal charges for the creation of a new terrorist group by Greek justice.

Members of Greece's counterterrorism department were on Thursday questioning Panagiota Roupa, a leading member of the Revolutionary Struggle terrorist organization, following her arrest in Ilioupoli, southeastern Athens, early in the morning.

Greek police early on Thursday arrested a militant who was in hiding with her child and whose Revolutionary Struggle group has carried out more than a dozen armed attacks, including one on the US embassy in Athens in 2007.