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Protests and policing shake up political agenda as early election scenarios resurface
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the aftermath of the accident circulated, among them one appearing to show a traffic policeman intimidating
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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsa policeman shot and seriously injured a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki was deemed as a thinly disguised attempt
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor at least the third time since it first took power in 2019, the New Democracy government is examining what measures it can take to rein in sports-related violence after a policeman was seriously injured at a volleyball match. The officer needed extensive emergency treatment after being hit
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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top football clubs while questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the measures. Following the serious injury of a riot policeman by a flare fired outside a sports event last weekend, Prime
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
PoliticsDespite turbulence for govt, opposition seems more troubledA week that began with the government trying to come up with yet more measures to tackle hooliganism after a policeman was gravely injured by a flare ended with focus shifting to the budget debate in Parliament ahead of Sunday’s
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials should stand trial in connection to the death of a policeman who was hit by a flare before
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PM gives full support to police amid fresh criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicslabelled at two officers and a group of policemen being implicated in a human smuggling ring. Speaking.... The controversy surrounding the latest incident was exacerbated by the fact that the two policemen were... in his speech, arguing that there are only a “handful” of bad policemen. He added that no abuse
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politicspolicemen and 100 asylum experts but Athens had only accepted 20 policemen and 18 experts
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Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis
Societyof suicide. There was shock this summer when the government revealed that 16 policemen had taken their own
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Government tries to purge police of Golden Dawn influence as poll shows support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFotopoulos, said his organisation had complained many times about policemen ignoring the violence
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