POLICE

Officer arrested for fraud and weapons violations
NEWS

A police officer was arrested by the force’s internal affairs division for multiple fraud and violations of weapon laws, the Ministry of Citizen Protection said in a press release on Thursday. 


The Council of Europe and Greece
OPINION

The last thing that would have excited public opinion, be it in a spontaneous or contrived manner, in early July this past summer, was the announcement from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on the actions of various institutional tentacles of the Greek state.


Probe into Pakistani man’s death in police custody
NEWS

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has called for an investigation by the Greek Ombudsman into the death of a 37-year-old Pakistani national while in custody at the Agios Panteleimonas police station in central Athens.




Fight against hooligans gains momentum
NEWS

An updated strategy for handling fan violence has been developed by the Ministry of Citizen Protection, which provides for the involvement of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the nation’s counterterrorism authority.