A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for assaulting a 33-year-old transgender woman and her companion. The woman underwent surgery and has been hospitalized. The incident took place in central Athens early Thursday morning, September 26, 2024. According to the police report, the 33-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man hailed …
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Woman stabs brother to death: Both had mental disabilities and were living alone
A 43-year-old woman has allegedly confessed to stabbing her brother to death after a quarrel over a glass of water. Both, the woman and the 46-year-old victim, have been suffering from mental disabilities and have been living alone in the family apartment after their parents’ deaths a few years ago. …
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Train drags woman for 50m; she was trapped between doors during disembarkation
A 39-year-old woman was dragged for several meters between a driving train and the station platform in Livadia, Viotia, on Saturday, raising big questions about the traveling safety in Greece. Together with her three children the woman was traveling on a train from Athens to Thessaloniki. In Livadia station the …
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Teenager girl accused of raping young man
A 18-year-old girl in the northern city of Thessaloniki was charged with rape, following a complaint filed by a 20-year-old man earlier this week. The act attributed to Greek-American woman was allegedly committed last Tuesday afternoon in an abandoned house, northeast of the city. The victim told the police that …
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Athens Fire claims worker’s life, a woman from Moldavia
The charred body of a woman was found late on Monday in a crafts facility that was severely damaged by the fire in Patima of Halandri, in north-east Athens. The body was identified to belong to a 65-year-old woamn from Moldavia who worked in the facility for the last 25 …
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UPD Femicide: Woman stabbed to death, body found on a road of Athens suburb
A woman was found dead with a knife stuck in her abdomen in the middle of one of the main streets of Menidi suburb of west Athens. The body of the 40-year-old femicide victim was found by a passerby at about 6 o’ clock Thursday morning and informed the police. …
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Holy Saturday custom on Corfu injures woman (video)
A woman was injured by a big clay pot on the island of Corfu where the custom of throwing pots from windows and balconies take place on Holy Saturday morning. The woman was passing by the old town hall, when the deputy major threw the big clay pot filled with …
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Woman jumps from window to escape violent partner (VIDEO)
a victim of domestic violence, a 47-year-old woman jumped from the window of her apartment in Patras to escape her violent partner who was beating and swearing at her. A video shot during the incident showed the woman first throwing her bag and then jumping on the sidewalk screaming for …
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Thessaloniki: Woman arrested for stabbing her partner
A 34-year-old woman was arrested in Thessaloniki on Tuesday for stabbing her 35-year-old partner with a knife during a fight. The attack took place at the couple’s home in the district of Kordelio when the woman stabbed him in the abdomen when he tried to take away the knife. The …
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Femicide: Woman succumbs to her injuries after husband set her on fire
Another femicide in Greece, the second since the start of the year: A 45-year-old woman who was covered in flammable liquid by her husband and set on fire succumbed to her injuries. The woman was seriously injured and died after a week in hospital. The husband poured flammable oil over …
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Femicide: Body of missing pregnant woman; partner & friend arrested
The body of a 41-year-old pregnant woman missing since the New Year’s Day has been found inside a trunk among bushes in a remote forest area in Halkidiki, northern Greece. The woman’s partner and a friend of his have been arrested. The first victim of femicide in Greece in 2024. …
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Tragic death of German tourist: Swept away by strong winds
A German tourist found a tragic death on Sunday, when she was swept away by the rough sea in the port of Kyparissia, south Peloponnese. The tragedy took place in front of her husband and pedestrians who were also walking on the pier. The 66-year-old German national was walking with …
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Woman with 37 kg cannabis in luggage arrested at Athens airport
A 30-year-old foreign national was arrested for drug trafficking at Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” on Tuesday afternoon. The woman had over 35 kg of raw cannabis in her luggage. According to the police, an investigation in cooperation with the DEA office of the US embassy located the woman after …
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Gruesome death of butcher shop worker in the grinder
A 50-year-old woman found a gruesome death in a butcher shop in Messolonghi, western Greece, on Friday. She was caught into the mincing machine she was cleaning and died of extensive bleeding. The tragedy took place in front of the eyes of her 14-year-old daughter who was accompanying her mother …
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Femicide: Police officer kills ex wife, takes his own life
Femicide Greece: A police officer in Thessaloniki shot and killed his ex wife and then took his own life after he took his children to the school bus on Tuesday morning. The 42-year-old woman had died at the spot when paramedics arrived, the 38-year-old man short time after. Neighbors of …
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Young woman attacked with syringe in Athens suburb
A young woman was attacked by a stranger who stuck a syringe needle in her leg. The incident took place in a popular street of Kaisariani suburb of Athens and while other people were walking on the pedestrian street as well. The 26-year-old victim was transferred to hospital where the …
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Waiter on Zakynthos saves woman with Heimlich maneuver (video)
Τhe quick and skilled intervention of a waiter managed to save the life of a woman who was choking on her food in a restaurant on the island of Zakynthos. With a Heimlich maneuver, waiter Nikos Solomos managed to relief the woman. The incident happened in a restaurant in Kalamaki, …
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Woman with child registered as “missing” in UK arrested in Greece
A foreign national was arrested at Kipi, the border station with Turkey, when she tried to leave Greece with her underage child, which has been registered in the United Kingdom as “missing”. The woman was arrested by passport control police belonging to the Alexandroupolis Directorate, on a Red Alert warrant …
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Mysterious death of German woman in Mt Pelion; police investigates
A German woman was found dead in the yard of the house where she lived with her husband in Milina village on the Pelion Mt. in central Greece. Her death was initially attributed to “pathological causes” until autopsy found out that she was shot in the back. Initial doctors’ reports …
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Police arrests man who brutally murdered transgender woman in Athens
Police has arrested a 35-year-old man for the brutal murder of transgender woman Ana Ivankova from Cuba in her apartment in Athens beginning of the month. According to police, the man, a national of Bangladesh, had a relationship with the 45-year-old Ana. Fingerprints, DNA material and a pair of scissors …
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