Lefteris Economou

Greek Police (ELAS) will be checking travellers on highways and using drones and helicopters mostly in Athens and other big cities to ensure compliance with a ban on trips ahead of Orthodox Easter this Sunday, a deputy minister said Thursday.

Greek government officials will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Prime Minister's office to discuss the latest developments after Turkey's decision to push migrants and refugees to the border with Greece, essentially inviting them to cross over.

Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Lefteris Economou on Friday defended the police officers involved in the controversial eviction of 15 minors from two Athens movie theaters showing the "R" rated fantasy thriller "Joker" last weekend.

Greece aims to deport 10,000 migrants by the end of next year, the government said on Monday, following a deadly fire and clashes at its biggest migrant camp which is massively overcrowded.

Deputy Citizens' Protection Minister Lefteris Economou says that 250 people will be transferred from the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to the mainland by the end of Monday.

Security at prisons across the country has reportedly passed into the hands of the higher echelons of the Greek Police (ELAS).
According to reliable sources, a senior ELAS official, Major General Spyros Sklavos, was appointed to the leadership of the department tasked with the external security of prisons just a few days ago.