Thessaloniki police
Suspected antiquities smuggler arrested
A 36-year-old man was arrested in the town of Mesolongi on Friday for the illegal possession of antiquities which he had attempted to sell on the internet, following an operation of the Cultural Heritage Department of the Thessaloniki Police.
The ancient objects were being kept in a warehouse in Athens.
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Missing pregnant woman’s body found in trunk
The body of a 41-year-old pregnant woman from Thessaloniki who had been missing since New Year's Day was found inside a trunk in a remote area of Halkidiki, northern Greece on Monday.
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Woman killed by train in Thessaloniki
A woman died on Monday morning after being hit by a commercial train near the Thessaloniki Police Headquarters in the area of Menemeni, state-run news agency AMNA reported.
The police is looking into the case while authorities are waiting for the train driver's statement to determine he circumstances of the accident.
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Man, 53, arrested for sexual harassment of minor in Thessaloniki
A 53-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for sexual harassment of a minor.
The incident was reported by the parents of a 10-year-old girl who alleged that the man had made obscene gestures towards her.
The complaint was made to the child protection unit of Thessaloniki police, which is currently investigating the case.
Far right show of force in attack on Thessaloniki Greek Communist Youth (KNE) members
Police in Thessaloniki have remanded in custody 14 individuals in connection with a violent attack by groups of far right hoodlums on members of the Greek Communist Party Youth (KNE) who were distributing party pamphlets in Eleftherias Square.
Aristotle rector pushing for probe into sexual harassment
The rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nikos Papaioannou, testified on Friday in the context of the preliminary investigation carried out by Thessaloniki police into allegations by former students that they were sexually harassed by professors.
Riot police ID tags, body cameras to improve accountability
Following a spike in complaints of police brutality, the Citizens' Protection Ministry is reinstating a 2010 directive obliging riot police officers (MAT) to clearly display their name and badge number.
Thessaloniki police probe attack on refugee pupil
Thessaloniki Police are investigating an attack by unidentified assailants on an Iranian middle school pupil in the suburb of Neapoli, reports said on Wednesday.
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Migrant bites police officer in Thessaloniki
A 23-year-old Iranian migrant was arrested on Friday in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, after reportedly biting a riot police officer's leg.
The incident occurred when police were dispatched to break up a minor scuffle that the man was involved in at a migrant center in an area near Thessaloniki's main train station.
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Thessaloniki police arrest migrant traffickers
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested 2 Romanian citizens, a 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, for migrant trafficking.
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