Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

Whether he's aware of it or not, Panos Skourletis now bears full political responsibility for Rouvikonas and for the police's inability to bring the anarchist group to task.

The interior minister who was recently appointed to head the Citizens' Protection Ministry no longer has a shield in the form of Nikos Toskas, whose responsibilities he assumed.

Serbian and Greek interior ministries will in the coming period "try to increase their cooperation in the fight against all forms of crime."

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Greek Alternate Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Nikolaos Toskas said this in Belgrade on Wednesday, the government announced.

The Minister of Public Order Nikos Toskas called the leader of the main opposition political party “New Democracy” to inform him of Roupa’s plans. Earlier he had spoken to ex-Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

According to the evidence found in terrorist Pola Roupa’s hideouts, her team was following the two politicians mapping their moves and routines.

Speaking to radio station “Vima FM”, journalist Pantelis Fikaris of the Chios-based newspaper “Politis Chios”, alleged that Alternate Minister for Immigration Policy, Ioannis Mouzalas and Alternate Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection, Nikos Toskas had contacted him before the visit of US President Barack Obama asking to censor images of violence and riots from the Souda r

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reproved Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas for using tear gas against pensioners who were protesting the new pension cuts. After pictures of sad old men with swollen, teary eyes were released in the press and the social media, Tsipras put the blame on the deputy minister. The prime minister expressed his disapproval of the use of tear gas agains

On Wednesday, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas attended the opening ceremony of the “new space”, as the center will be called now. The new space can host 300 refugees and is equipped with wireless Internet and a playground.

The Greek government decided to ask the help of the Hellenic Armed Forces in order to complete in 15 days all the actions required so as to comply with its commitments on the refugee issue following the 3-month deadline EU has given to Greece.

The newspaper Avgi published an article written by Giorgos Kyritsikis on alarming incidents recorded involving Hellenic police actions.

Episodes occurred among the immigrants who were transferred from Idomeni, north Greece’s borders to Tae Kwon Do stadium in Athens.

On Saturday morning police officers had to intervene when the immigrants started fighting each other. Police arrested about 100 people, while the groups responsible for the episodes were isolated from the other immigrants.

Giannis Panousis referred implicitly to Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, members of SYRIZA and media supporting the government while talking to Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee claiming that he was victimized.