National security

Three police officers have been injured in the clashes that broke out Monday in the Roma district in Bulgaria's city of Stara Zagora.

The conflict between the Gendarmerie and the locals arose due to the forceful demolition of 55 illegally built houses in the city's Lozenets district.

Captured terrorist Nikos Maziotis begins the week in a secure room at the Korydallos Prison infirmary after being moved there from Evangelismos Hopsital on Saturday to continue his post-operation recovery.

Convicted terrorist Nikos Maziotis, who was arrested on Wednesday, refused on Saturday to give a deposition to a magistrate who visited him in the hospital where he is being treated for a bullet wound.

The Romanian Border Police Day, marking 150 years of institutional existence, is celebrated in Herastrau Park on Saturday.

Counter-terrorism officers have located the hideout of Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis near the electric railway (ISAP) station in Maroussi, north of Athens, sources said on Friday.

Neighbors shown a recent photograph of the 42-year-old guerrilla told police he was a resident of an apartment block at 27, Ypsilantou Street, according to reports.

A police operation dubbed “Theseus” and aimed at cracking down on street crime in central Athens on Thursday led to 84 arrests.

More than half (40) of those arrested failed to present valid identity cards or visas, while 24 women were taken in for prostitution.

Police also seized some 3,500 contraband items.

A USP 9 MM pistol fired by fugitive Nikos Maziotis at police officers prior to his dramatic arrest in central Athens on Wednesday had not been used in criminal or terrorist activity before, ballistic tests conducted by the police department showed on Thursday.

Three people have been wounded after a shooting occurred in Bulgaria's town of Dolna Banya on Sunday night.

The incident happened after a conflict arose between two Roma clans, Bulgarian National Radio reports.

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A transgender sex worker has sued the Interior Ministry, after being fined by police officers on the grounds that she “caused disturbance."

The plaintiff, identified as T.T., was fined twice on April 24 and 25 after locals from the neighborhood in Ankara where she resides filed a complaint by phone to the police.