Crimes

Two officers of the DIAS motorcycle unit were injured during a car chase in central Athens early Thursday morning. 

Police said a patrol car crew spotted a vehicle moving on the wrong direction on Pipinou Street at around 2:15 in the morning, and signaled the driver to stop, but he sped off. A chase ensued, involving other police forces, including the DIAS team. 

At the beginning of June, the Czech Justice Ministry unveiled the Childhood Without Violence Initiative aimed at reforming the Civil Code and bringing the Czech Republic up to date with its international obligations on child protection and the fight against domestic violence.

Police teams have caught 109 irregular migrants during an operation in the western province of Izmir's Konak district.

On the back of the 'Public Room' scandal, North Macedonia made stalking a crime in February - but so far only one charge has actually been filed.

The 32-year-old man from Bangladesh accused of the murder of 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska on the island of Kos last week has been given until Tuesday to prepare his defense.

He was appointed a new lawyer on Friday following the resignation of his court-appointed defense counsel.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the recent attack on Islam's holy book of Quran in the city of Urif, located in the Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation.

The Rethymno Mixed Jury Court on the island of Crete handed life sentences on Wednesday to two Pakistani men, aged 24 and 27, who were convicted for the rape last July of an 18-year-old British tourist.

Six out of seven individuals who are accused of blackmailing shopkeepers in the southern suburbs of Athens were remanded in custody on Friday. 

A seventh defendant was conditionally released. All defendants denied accusations of belonging to a criminal gang, extortion, aggravated assault, damage to property and violation of the weapons law. 

A 27-year-old man was taken into custody on the island of Patmos on Friday following the sexual assault of a 70-year-old woman.

According to official reports, the incident occurred around 2.15 a.m. on Friday when a masked assailant forcefully entered the woman's home through an unlocked window. Armed with a small knife, he subjected her to physical and sexual assault.

The political upheaval surrounding the cyberattack on the Education Ministry's online platform commonly referred to as the Subject Bank, intended to establish a consistent nationwide standard for end-of-year high school exams, has diverted public discourse from more significant matters.