Italy’s parliament unanimously passed a law classifying femicide—the killing of a woman due to her gender—as a distinct crime punishable by life imprisonment, marking a major step in addressing gender-based violence
New UN data reveal that in 2024 alone, 50,000 women and girls were murdered by partners or relatives—one every ten minutes—showing no real global progress in combating femicide, despite decades of international commitments.
The suspect evaded police capture for a day and a half after the particularly heinous murder that took place at the entrance of their apartment building in the central port city of Volos
A 40-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in front of their children remains missing, with police investigating whether he may have taken his own life
A woman was found dead at the entrance of her apartment building in Volos after a violent attack, with police searching for her husband, who fled the scene
A 47-year-old woman was killed outside her apartment in Chalandri, Athens, after being attacked by her 28-year-old partner. Police quickly arrested the suspect, who is now under investigation for the fatal stabbing
A year after 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva was murdered by her ex-partner outside the Agioi Anargyroi Police Station, her family, friends, and women's rights organizations gathered at the site to unveil a monument in her memory.
A 54-year-old man fatally stabbed his wife before taking his own life. Investigators probe motive as Greece faces rising domestic violence.
A femicide was reported in Sitochori, a village in the Municipality of Visaltia, Serres, early Wednesday morning.
A 40-year-old woman from Komotini has died, becoming the first victim of femicide in Greece in 2025.
A 51-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison in Greece for dousing his wife in gasoline and burning her alive in front of their children.
A 39-year-old man confessed to killing his wife with a hammer and hiding her corpse in the attic for a week.
Their 29-year-old son intervened in an attempt to defuse the situation, but the father turned violent
Real holistic approaches to combating not just gender-based violence in Greece but the patriarchy that props it up, are distant still.
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Greece highlights that gender-based violence surged in 2024 and announces new 'Risk Tool' to address the crisis.
The woman was approximately 40 years of age and reports say a knife was found next to her dead body
The suspect, Thanassis K., was remanded to Korydallos Prison’s psychiatric ward after his arraignment. He was transported to a hospital ICU
Greek leader refers directly to a young woman's fatal stabbing by her ex-boyfriend turned stalker this week outside a police precinct, moments after an emergency dispatcher told her over the phone that 'police cars aren't taxis'
The murder of 28-year-old woman also generated a firestorm of criticism of law enforcement’s mishandling of the victim’s pleas for help and the failure of police officers to discern the danger she was in from an ex-boyfriend turned dangerous stalker
A 28-year-old woman was fatally stabbed on Monday evening by an ex-boyfriend and stalker moments after exiting a police precinct in northwest Athens