Attica police

Following two deadly incidents, Attica police issued an urgent directive on Friday regarding the safety of detention centers. 

A Pakistani inmate died in unknown circumstances at the Agios Panteleimon police station, while a Bangladeshi national committed suicide at the Omonia precinct.

Police authorities have arrested three people for illegally transporting immigrants in areas of Evros.

In the largest ever operation against fan violence in the country, Attica police proceeded with a barrage of arrests on Monday of Olympiakos club hooligans for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis and in at least 14 more cases.

An Attica police officer was placed on administrative leave on Friday, two days after being arrested for the misappropriation of service weapons. 

A sworn administrative inquiry has been ordered into the officers' activities.

A 22-year-old Greek woman was arrested in Athens on Thursday after importing cannabis from the US, reported the Hellenic Police on Sunday. 

The woman was arrested after receiving a suspicious package from the US, containing approximately 1.5 kilograms of raw cannabis. 

A group of unidentified attackers targeted a cafe in the central Ampelokipoi neighborhood on Thursday, in an incident that seems to be connected to the violent clashes that took place outside AEK Athens' home stadium in the western suburb of Nea Filadelfia on Monday, leading to the death of a 29-year-old supporter.

MeRA25 party said that its lawmeksr and Vice-President of Parliament, Sofia Sakorafa, was attacked by riot police outside Attica police headquarters on Wednesday evening.

Sakorafa was at the building along with others after a roundup of protesters against the education bill and tried to intervene.

A cold front dubbed Leandros is hitting Greece with snow on Saturday, with power outages reported in the eastern part of Thessaloniki.

Regions as far south as Crete are expecting an onslaught heavy rain and strong winds that will last through Tuesday.

An Athens prosecutor on Thursday launched an investigation into whether criminal charges should be brought against the management of a private clinic in Peristeri, western Athens, after at least 29 people - 18 patients and 11 employees - tested positive for Covid-19.

The government is activating its confidential Artemis plan to tackle the Covid-19 virus, with the mobilization - possibly on Friday - of two new operational centers coordinated by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, with a third in the process of being set up to have a supervisory role.