Greek Police

Rather than plummet, Christmas temperatures will soar to 18-19 degrees on Christmas eve. The good weather is ideal for travelers and those who wish to explore the great outdoors.

The Greek police issued a map that details the more dangerous sections of the national road network so that drivers can be careful.

Popular outrage broke out in Greece and the #kastana (chestnut vendor) hashtag caught fire after 13 policeman arrested an elderly Thessaloniki chestnut vendor for not issuing receipts.

The Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations working in Macedonia say refugee children are increasingly getting sick because of the sharp downturn in the weather.

The main camp for migrants in Macedonia is also experiencing electricity shortages that further complicate matters.

Man dies of electrocution, as migrants and refugees clash

One man died of electrocution while two others were injured on the Greece-Macedonia border as migrants and refugees clashed there on Thursday.

Macedonian authorities are allowing only refugees from war-affected Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq to enter the country, on their way to western and northern Europe.

A migrant has been fatally electrocuted at the border between Greece and Macedonia where Greek police and stranded migrants clashed on Thursday.

The man, believed to be from Morocco, died on Thursday after climbing onto a railway carriage standing near the border and touching a high-voltage overhead cable, AFP reported, citing a Greek police spokesman.

The Greek police force is taking action to reinforce security on the December 6 anniversary of seven years since the death of Alexander Grigoropoulos.

A double cyber attack on Greek banks has been taking place with precision over four days. A group of hackers has launched therats against the e-banking systems of three Greek banks seeking a ransom in bitcoin. Meanwhile, there are leaks of Greek debit and credit card data that  have been used for transactions with the United States in recent days.

Yet another hideout of ISIS terrorist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, mastermind of the Paris attacks on November 13, has been found in Athens. DNA samples of Abaaoud sampled matches registered with the database of the Greek police that were collected from apartments in the Athens neighborhoods of Pangrati and Sepolia in january.

Greek police found unexploded gas canisters outside of a house in the city of Iraklion, Crete, which was known to be used by Muslims as a prayer area.

Unknown individuals had placed four gas canisters and several firecrackers at the entrance of the house, but none of them were used.

Police is conducting an investigation.

Turkish Cypriots were attacked late Nov. 16 by right-wing Greek nationalists of the National Popular Front (ELAM), local security forces said.