Aristeidis Andrikopoulos

Citizens' Protection Minister Olga Gerovassili said she will not seek disciplinary action against Greek Police ELAS chief Aristeidis Andrikopoulos over his presence at ruling SYRIZA's final campaign rally, led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in central Athens last week.

The presence of Greek Police Chief Aristeidis Andrikopoulos and Coast Guard Chief Stamatis Raptis at SYRIZA rallies and political events has stirred a political maelstrom as it is a glaring violation of the country's basic law.

The leadership of the Greek Police (ELAS) on Tuesday sought to play down the presence of ELAS chief Aristeidis Andrikopoulos, the official in charge of the force's operations in southern Greece, Christos Dragatakis, and the head of the Hellenic Coast Guard at SYRIZA's final campaign rally, led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in Syntagma Square last Friday.

The lawyer representing eight police officers accused of brutality during an incident that ended with the death of 33-year-old Zak Kostopoulos in downtown Athens on September 21 has sent an out-of-court complaint to the chief of the Greek Police (ELAS) over the leak on Friday of the decision reached in an internal inquiry into the issue.

 An administrative inquiry into the actions of eight police officers responding to  a disturbance in downtown Athens that resulted in the death of LGBTQ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September recommends the dismissal of four of the officers, ANA-MPA said on Friday.

Politicians condemned a bomb attack on the premises of Skai television and Kathimerini on Monday morning, declaring that democracy will not be terrorized.

Europol officers with expertise in counterterrorism and curbing organized crime are to be sent to locations in Evros, northern Greece, and regional airports in the coming months to intensify inspections on undocumented migrants entering the country from the land border with Turkey and gather information on crime networks, Kathimerini understands.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has ordered an internal investigation into the police's response to Monday's attack on officers by a group of self-styled anarchists outside the Athens Court of First Instance which left three policemen injured.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has ordered an internal investigation into the police's response to Monday's attack on officers by a group of self-styled anarchists outside the Athens Court of First Instance which left three policemen injured.