Hellenic Police

A presidential decree establishing a new police directorate, dubbed the "Greek FBI" by high-ranking police and Citizen Protection Ministry officials, was published in the Government Gazette on Thursday.

The first two months of tight measures to combat sports-related violence are beginning to pay off, according to statistics compiled by the Hellenic Police (ELAS).

Indicatively, violence, the use of smoke bombs, flares and firecrackers in soccer stadiums has been reduced significantly compared to autumn 2023, with such incidents spilling over in some cases in smaller categories.

The former husband of a 40-year-old woman who was stabbed to death on Thursday in Menidi, eastern Attica was arrested in the suburb of Fyli, northwestern Attica later in the afternoon. 

The Hellenic police swiftly intervened, deploying gas grenades to disperse the crowd and restored order to the area

The campaign of the Hellenic Police regarding the importance and use of helmets

A key suspect in the fatal injury of a police officer during fan riots in Athens last December surrendered himself to authorities on Friday.

The internal investigation by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) into the murder of Kyriaki Griva outside a police precinct by her ex-partner on April 1 has reportedly revealed a litany of errors by officers on duty on the fateful evening.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) is casting doubt on the reported break-in at the election director's office of the Interior Ministry at noon on April 26, concluding that it was most likely staged given that no incriminating fingerprints or DNA were found at the scene of the supposed crime.

The convicted leader and founder of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Mihaloliakos, has been released from prison on parole, a Greek police source and state television ERT said on Thursday.

MP taken to Attica General Police Directorate; the incident is considered a felony – How the episode with the vulgar expressions started