Long and arduous house buys
Bureaucracy remains a mountain to climb in real estate transfers. Despite efforts in recent years to reduce the time required, this has not been possible.
Main suspect in Thessaloniki stabbing surrenders to police
The main suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, has turned himself in to police.
Police break three phone scam rings, arrest 5
Authorities in northern Greece have broken three rings that swindled vulnerable people out of large sums of cash and valuables using a common but effective phone scam, police said Friday.
Retired Polish tourist on Crete charged with espionage
A prosecutor on the southern island of Crete on Friday brought espionage charges against a retired Polish man suspected of photographing a major naval base there and forwarding the material to an associate in Poland.
Two arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Thessaloniki apartment
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested two men after officers uncovered a cannabis grow house operating inside an apartment in the city.
Prison cell raid turns up weapons, cellphones
A raid on cells in the top-security Malandrino prison in central Greece Friday turned up improvised daggers, mobile phones and keys, police said.
Mother convicted of beating, shearing errant daughter
A Thessaloniki woman was convicted Friday of domestic violence after a court heard that she – with the assistance of her older son – assaulted her daughter and cut her hair off after the teenager disappeared for hours and came home after midnight.
Police smash drug ring active in Athens, Nafplio, arrest 20
Police in southern Greece have smashed a drug trafficking ring active in Athens and the tourist destination of Nafplio, arresting 20 people and seizing narcotics, cash, vehicles and precision scales, authorities said Friday.
Turk faces extradition on migrant-smuggling charges
A Turkish man has been arrested in northern Greece and faces extradition to Turkey where he is wanted to answer charges including migrant-smuggling, police said Friday.
36 hours in Corfu: What to do, see and taste
Spring is the perfect time to wander through the kantounia (narrow alleyways) of Corfu’s Old Town and take in the sights without the inconvenience of heavy tourist traffic or high temperatures.