Michalis Karamalakis

Former senior officials of the Greek Police (ELAS) and current officers are set to stand trial for dereliction of duty related to the unwarranted and excessive police protection provided to journalist, TV show host, and model agent Menios Fourthiotis, who has a history of legal troubles, Kathimerini has learned.

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's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) extended on Thursday the terms of Lieutenant General Georgios Blioumis, chief of the Hellenic Air Force, and Michalis Karamalakis, the head of Greek Police (ELAS). 

Blioumis was first appointed to the post on January 2019 and Karamalakis on July 2019.

The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

A prosecutor has ordered an investigation into an officer of the Dias police motorcycle unit after footage emerged showing him assaulting an 11-year-old Roma boy on Sunday in Menidi, western Attica, in what is being treated as a racially motivated attack.

Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis confirmed the resignation of Greek Police (ELAS) chief Aristides Andrikopoulos Wednesday, stressing that appointments in the force will be based purely on merit.
Andrikopoulos had sparked controversy after he was seen at a pre-election rally organized by leftist SYRIZA in late May.