Vandalism

A 19-year-old received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, for spray-painting walls and glass at the Venizelos station of Thessaloniki's Metro.

"I did it for my girlfriend, to impress her," he admitted, confessing to writing the word "H.A.T.E." (Heart A. [his name] To E. [his girlfriend's name])in four places.

A 19-year-old man appeared before a single-member misdemeanor court in Thessaloniki after being arrested for vandalizing the Venizelos station of the northern port city's newly inaugurated metro system.

He is charged with property damage involving an asset designated for public benefit. The trial has been postponed, and the suspect was released.

Unknown individuals vandalized the Thessaloniki metro just one day before its official inauguration.

The perpetrators left a black tag on the entrance stairs of Voulgari station.

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nikos Tachiaos said that this marks the second act of vandalism at the metro system.

The mayor of Elliniko-Argyroupoli in southern Athens has launched a petition to impose community service on people found vandalizing public property or setting fire to forests.

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The statue of Panagis Vallianos outside the National Library building, the Vallianeio Megaron, on Panepistimiou Street in the heart of Athens, was vandalized, with red paint sprayed on its base.

A bus stop adjacent to the "Slivnitsa" metro station has been fortified with armor plating due to recurring incidents of vandalism, as reported by bTV.

The decision to reinforce the stop came after repeated instances of systematic window breakage, prompting authorities to replace the damaged glass with thick sheet metal to deter further acts of vandalism.

The director of Florence's Uffizi Galleries called on Aug. 23 for stiff penalties against vandals who spray-painted graffiti on exterior columns of the Vasari Corridor connecting the famed museum to the Boboli Gardens.

Hours later, Italy's Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said the presumed vandals have been identified by Carabinieri police. He did not identify the suspects.

A total of 310 people were arrested across France during protests against the passage without a vote of the controversial pension reform in the lower house of the French parliament yesterday, AFP and BTA reported, citing French Interior Minister Géral Darmanen.

In the wiggle of a nose, a man partially covered the "Bewitched" statue in Salem with red paint, police said.

Witnesses called police to report someone spray painting the bronze statue, Capt. John Burke said on June 7. The statue depicts actor Elizabeth Montgomery, as lead character Samantha Stephens in the 1960s sitcom, sitting on a broomstick in front of a crescent moon.