Culture Minister Submitted Resignation Over Ancient Olympia Robbery
Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pavlos Geroulanos, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, over an armed robbery at the old museum of Ancient Olympia early on Friday morning....
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Greek Police Captures Robbers of 77 Ancient Artifacts from Olympia Museum
Greek police arrested three Greeks responsible for the robbery of dozens of priceless ancient artifacts stolen from the Olympia Museum in February 2012. The police caught the gang leader in a Patras...
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These are the Ancient Artifacts stolen from Olympia Museum (pcts, video)
Greek police released pictures and video footage of the recovered artifacts stolen from the Museum of Ancient Olympia, after three Greeks were arrested on Friday for the armed robbery in February...
View ArticleEconomic impasse and health problems turn Greek granny into a …robber
How much courage does a decent citizen need to cross the line and through over board the code of law? Apparently, a citizen needs lots of courage, significant shortfalls and a huge portion of despair....
View Article“Bahalo”: State decisions plague the already troubled Greek citizen
Bahalo (Μπάχαλο) is a nice word. Greeks use it many times per day. In fact, they say “Bahalo” every time they contact a public service or they watch news on television. Bahalo – accent on the first...
View ArticleBrazen robbery in jewelry shop in downtown Athens caught on video
A robbery in a jewelry shop in one of the most vibrant avenues in downtown Athens takes place in early Friday evening. The three robbers wear hoods and enter the well-known shop at 7:30 p.m. An...
View ArticleThief calls locksmith to break in house, takes jewelry worth €27,000
A young and good looking woman called a locksmith and asked him to open the door to her home claiming she was locked out. The locksmith opened the door, got paid and left. The only problem was that the...
View ArticleMafia-style gang steals diagnostic machines from Greece’s public hospitals
It all started with the theft of diagnostic machines from Agio Savvas Cancer and Oncology Hospital in Athens, last week. The story repeated in the general hospitals of Volos, Lamia and Larissa in...
View ArticleMysterious robbery on former leper colony island Spinalonga
Authorities have reported a mysterious robbery on the tiny uninhabited island of Spinalonga off NE Crete that was once used as a leper colony. The island is visited daily by thousands of tourists and...
View ArticleBrazen robbery in jewelry shop in downtown Athens caught on video
A robbery in a jewelry shop in one of the most vibrant avenues in downtown Athens takes place in early Friday evening. The three robbers wear hoods and enter the well-known shop at 7:30 p.m. An...
View ArticleAHEPA Hospital: Robbery with a “scent” of terrorism
A robbery attempt at the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki on Wednesday morning ended up in the arrest of two men with possible connection to the Greek terror organization “Conspiracy of the Cells of...
View ArticleGreek Police arrests police special guard for robbery
Greek police arrested a police special guard and his accomplice for a robbery against a car dealer. The 22-year-old police officer was recent hired for the corps of the Special Guards. The police...
View ArticleLuxury watch stolen in armed robbery in Denmark found in Athens
A luxury watch stolen during an armed robbery in Denmark five years ago was located in Greece when a woman brought it to a store for repair in Athens. The robbery was attributed to international jewel...
View ArticleArmy colonel robs bank with a hand grenade
An army colonel on active service was arrested short time after he robbed a bank in Argyroupoli suburb of south Athens on Monday. The 53-year-old colonel entered the bank at approximately 9.40 a.m....
View ArticleArmed robbery in Rolex store in downtown Athens; one injured
An armed robbery in the Rolex store in popular downtown Athens on Tuesday morning left a security guard injured. The four armed robbers fled the scene with a large number of expensive, luxury watches....
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