National security

A new piece of information regarding the case of the police officer who served in the Greek Parliament and was arrested for the rape of his children came to light on Wednesday. According to reports, one of his daughters had described the abuse she was enduring in a school essay two years ago.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through Homeland Security Investigations, has provided Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior with advanced equipment aimed at bolstering the country's border security. The upgraded technology was presented in a ceremony attended by Ambassador Kenneth Merten and DHS Attaché Rene Valenzuela, alongside Bulgaria's Minister of Interior Atanas Ilkov.

In every European country, compliance with the traffic code is now carried out with cameras. Surveillance devices have also been shown to contribute to the reduction of crime. 

An arrest of a police officer who had been serving in the Parliament Security Service since early 2019 has been made by the relevant authorities on serious charges of domestic violence and rape of his minor children.

Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday.

Violent demonstrations are ongoing in Martinique as residents protest against the high cost of living. Many stores were looted overnight as protests show no signs of abating, despite a curfew imposed on the French Caribbean island.

A police officers association says it is planning legal action after names and details of hundreds of officers from a new elite crime-fighting agency were published on the internet.

Dubbed the "Greek FBI," the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE) was launched Thursday to tackle organized crime activities including contract killings, fuel smuggling and money laundering.

Authorities are investigating a vehicle containing explosives discovered in Omonia Square in downtown Athens.

Counter-terrorism officers are at the scene, and traffic has been suspended on Socrates Street due to the ongoing investigation.

In Ruse and the surrounding region, a specialized operation aimed at curbing vote-buying is currently underway, as announced by the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday a new German donation of vehicles and equipment would help Serbia's border police perform their daily tasks and border control and surveillance even more efficiently in the future.

Dacic said this after the donation was handed over to the Border Police Directorate.