Hellenic Police

In a move aimed, according to sources, at bolstering Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP) in its fight against organized crime, the government on Tuesday replaced the agency's deputy chief, Lieutenant-General Giorgos Kellis, with Antonis Tzitzis, a former officer of the Greek Police (ELAS).

Revealing are the photographic documents from the investigation of the Hellenic Police that revealed the way of action of the Serbian hitmen accused of four homicides in Vari and Corfu

Maria Karnesi was shot in the head and chest, her son-in-law Antonis Vlassakis in the head and Captain Elias Koukoularis in the shoulder - The announcement of the Hellenic Police.

The Thessaloniki Courthouse was evacuated on Monday following the discovery of a suspicious package, according to local media reports.

The bomb disposal unit of the Greek Police (ELAS) has been dispatched to the scene.

As of now, no further information is available.

A 59-year-old man impersonating judicial and military authorities was handed 10 months suspended jail sentence in Thessaloniki on Thursday.

The man presented himself on social media as "national prosecutor" and a career military man with hunting rifles at his possession which he would use to hurt people.

A fingerprint on the bomb that was placed on the fence of the riot police camp in the Athens suburb of Kaisariani in December but was not detonated, as well as video footage of the Labor Ministry bombers' movements on Saturday morning, are guiding police investigations into the two recent terrorist acts.

The Government Council for National Security (KYSEA) on Tuesday decided to appoint new police and fire chiefs, in a bid to address mounting public concerns about law and order.

Following the council's decisions, Dimitris Mallios, until now head of the Alien and Border Protection Branch, will replace Lazaros Mavropoulos as chief of the Hellenic Police (ELAS).

New Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis, in his fifth stint at the ministry overseeing the security forces since 1999, has his work cut out for him as he tries to overhaul the Hellenic Police.

Six months after the country's national elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to move ahead with a mini-reshuffle, mainly aiming to tackle mounting security concerns.

The conservative government has placed security and "law and order" on top of its agenda.

A 44-year-old Norwegian national, arrested for the murder of a 32-year-old off-duty Hellenic Police (ELAS) officer at a beer house in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, is scheduled to appear before a prosecutor on Friday.