Hellenic Police

The Athens Police Directorate is compiling a case file against the organizers of Thursday's protest of students and educators opposing education reforms.

Student, teacher and parent unions and groups are planning a demonstration in central Athens on Thursday to protest against a draft education bill that aims to introduce changes to tertiary education.

The ban by the Hellenic Police on large gatherings of more than 100 people to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus until February 1 was denounced Tuesday in Parliament by opposition parties as an affront to democracy.

A ban on large gatherings, imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, has been introduced until February 1, by order of the head of the Hellenic Police (ELAS).

Greece and Albania on Monday signed an agreement establishing a new "communications center" on the land border between the two countries, aimed at strengthening cooperation between their police forces and customs offices.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) have filed more than 10 cases against social media users for posts related to the pandemic and the Covid-19 vaccine since the end of November.

Police and officers from other agencies tasked with monitoring the implementation of lockdown measures issued fines worth more than half a million euros in just 24 hours, the National Transparency Authority said on Thursday.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus and Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis on Wednesday presented an ambitious bill that aims to improve the quality of tertiary education and eradicate rampant lawlessness in university campuses.

The bill introduces a minimum university entry requirement and maximum duration periods for degree programs.

The Citizens' Protection Ministry and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) are concerned over the development of the pandemic in the region of Attica, as well as a defiant decision by the Orthodox Church to open churches to the faithful Wednesday, despite a government ban.

Four major universities have so far agreed to accept a protection team that will help stamp out chronic lawlessness at the country's campuses.