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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek Politicsweakness on the law and order front. He visited on Tuesday a police station in Omonia, central... police station on Monday, accusing the government of only showing concern for the plight of the police after the latest incident. Earlier, Gerovassili, who only took charge of the public order
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Killing puts strain on Greek-Albanian relations after stalled efforts to reach deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe death of a 35-year-old Greek man, Konstantinos Katsifas, who was shot by the Albanian police... and had been shooting at police. Katsifas’s death provoked strong interest from the Greek media... information about the police operation that led to him being shot in order to ease the tension that has been
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicsasylum law, relating to the presence of police on campuses, but also because the government submitted... legislation that will allow police to enter university grounds without an official request to do so from... view that the police should be allowed to have access even if it is not clear that offences are being
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PM to oversee tweaks to tax bill as constitutional revision enters final round
PoliticsGreek Politicsuprising against the junta in 1973 passed off without any major incident amidst a heavy police... law and order message to its voters mainly via the police’s fervent activity in the centre of Athens... is determined to take a tougher line. SYRIZA countered by accusing ND of acting as if Greece is a police state
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
, MeRA25 and its leader Yanis Varoufakis held a sit-down protest in front of a cordon of police officers... the ban on gatherings, had put a reported 6,000 police on the streets to deter protesters... that they were in control of the situation. Meanwhile, the images of police using tear gas and force
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Newsletter 281 -22/01/2021
of the week. A bill proposing the creation of campus police units under the direction of the national police force has given rise to strong opposition by parties on the left as well as by sections... for the creation of a transport police unit has also proved divisive. Following the highly
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Violent clashes at Thessaloniki school turn focus on neo-Nazi youth recruitment
PoliticsGreek Politicswere thrown from within the complex, which houses two vocational high schools, and police fired... the stance taken by the police and by the school authorities, which they claimed amounted to sheltering... to investigate events at the school, however opposition parties have condemned the police for allowing
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Govt mulls more freedoms for vaccinated, while arrest highlights evolving far-right networks
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the footage was arrested after handing himself in at a police station. Police later reported... activists, as well as on police and members of the press at a recent rally against compulsory..., of the type not seen since the demise of the political arm of Golden Dawn. A police report from last
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Questions over handling of rape case turn spotlight on policing and legacy of Greek #MeToo
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Trustees. In a bid to calm criticism, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos visited the police station handling the incident in Thessaloniki, where he stressed his confidence in the police... to improve police procedure and training. He noted that six dedicated domestic abuse units have been
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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politics” of agencies in tackling the blaze. Mitsotakis praised the work of firefighters, volunteers and police... of the firefighting operation which showed police officers using buckets and watering cans to douse... criticised the government for prioritising hires in the police over other essential services. SYRIZA’s
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