Violence

The fire service remains skeptical of the eco-militant group's claims of responsibility for the arson attack on an egg factory in Thessaloniki, as reported by MEGA TV on Thursday.

Based on initial findings, the fire service doubts that the fire was caused by arson. Instead, authorities suggest that the fire was caused by a short circuit.

A high school in western Athens was targeted in an arson attack early Thursday morning, police said. 

Authorities said unknown individuals used a gas canister to ignite a fire amid low grass at the yard of the 2nd High School of Aghia Varvara and and fled. 

The flames caused minor damages to the premises. 

The competent authorities arrested the 44-year-old as the perpetrator responsible for causing two fires in rural land, with intent and repeated offenses (on August 24 and 25, 2024), in the area of Kerasitsa, Municipality of Tripoli in Arcadia.

For the first time in Bulgaria, new standards are being introduced to enhance the judicial system's approach to domestic violence. These include the establishment of specialized services for victims and a new methodology for assessing domestic violence risks.

In the last decade, during Greece's debt crisis, there was a lingering question: Who is to blame for this crisis that we were experiencing? In every conversation, even on festive occasions, there was the search for the culprits. I remember a marathon discussion I had with a shop-owner friend about the economic crisis. "OK, you were also tax evading for many years," I reprimanded him in anger.

One's first reaction to disaster is a mix of emotions, from sadness and frustration to anger, and the expression of hatred. The destruction in Attica also has a symbolic weight. It is taking place at the peak of a summer that has greatly burdened people's mental endurance with prolonged and enduring heatwaves.

The 66-year-old man, who was arrested by the Directorate for Combating Arson Crimes (DAEE) for intentional and repeated forest arson, has been remanded in custody with the agreement of the investigating judge and prosecutor.

According to the charges, the 66-year-old caused four fires on June 8 and 9, 2024, in the Xeroma area of Vari, Attica.

A 64% increase in domestic violence has been reported this year in the administrative region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace.

Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said on Wednesday that police had recorded 465 cases so far in 2024, compared to 284 cases in 2023.

This year, 350 people have been arrested in connection with domestic violence, compared to 197 last year.

Those responsible will pay for the consequences of their criminal actions, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said after new arrests for arson.

The prosecutor in the trial for the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz recommended that the court find both defendants guilty, it was reported on Monday.

The defendants are accused of premeditated homicide and illegal possession of firearms, however, it remains unclear who ordered them to carry out the murder.