Hellenic Police

The leadership of the Greek police presented Thursday the new manual for demonstrations based on a Presidential Decree on public assemblies that entered into force last July. The manual is essentially the operational tactics police intend to adopt from now on to manage demonstrations.

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.

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.

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

The permanent presence of police officers on university premises is proving taboo for professors, administrative staff and some student groups, judging by reactions to the government's proposals for campus security.

The senate of Panteion University is opposing the government's proposal for the creation of a special campus security force comprised of police officers that will operate under the orders of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Citizens' Protection Ministry.

The body of a man who had been shot in the head was found in the parking lot of a health center in Kalyvia, eastern Attica on Wednesday.

According to reports, the man, aged between 50-60 and an employee of the health center, was inside the vehicle when he was shot.

Hellenic Police (ELAS) investigators are working on the assumption that he was ambushed.

Three border guards and a police officer have been suspended from their duties following a video doing the rounds on the internet showed them being physically abusive toward people during a search on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, according to reports on Saturday.

The public debate on the government's proposals for the protection of universities from violent outsiders and the prevention of lawlessness officially begins on Tuesday with presentations to university rectors and the union of university professors (POSDEP) via teleconference by Education Minister Niki Kerameus and Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis.

Police in the Peloponnese remanded 73 people in custody and made 60 arrests during a three-day crackdown on crime across the region last week, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said in a press release on Saturday.

In total, officers questioned 918 individuals and stopped 670 motorists.