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The 2021 Greek protests broke out in response to a proposed government bill that would allow police presence on university campuses for the first time in decades, [2] for which opposition groups accused the government of taking advantage of the COVID-19 lockdown to impose increasingly authoritarian measures. [6]
Riot police faced protesters outside the offices of Greece's rail operator in Athens following a deadly head-on train collision that killed at least 57 people. Multiple cars derailed and at least ...
It was formerly known as the Greek Military Police (Greek: Ελληνική Στρατιωτική Αστυνομία), and by the acronym ESA (Greek: ΕΣΑ), between 1951 and 1976. [ 1 ] Up until Metapolitefsi , it developed into a powerful organization within the Army and a stronghold of right-wing , conservative Army officers. [ 2 ]
Attica General Police Directorate (GADA). The Hellenic Police force [3] [4] is headed in a de jure sense by the Minister for Citizen Protection (in a similar way that many US Police Departments give an elected civilian the role of Commissioner), and although the Minister sets the general policy direction of Greece's stance towards law and order as a whole, the Chief of Police is the day-to-day ...
Deputy commander of the Greek police Riot Control Unit M.A.T: Sotiris Stamoulis: 16 January 1980: driver of Pantelis Petrou: George Tsantes: 15 November 1983: US Navy Captain, High level executive of JUSMAGG [15] Nikos Veloutsos: 15 November 1983: driver of George Tsantes: Robert H. Judd: 3 April 1984: US army Master Sergeant. Postal officer ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... groups said they interviewed 21 survivors and five relatives of people still missing as well as representatives of the Greek coast guard and the Greek police.
They were the first special police units founded in Greece. They were created to lift the burden from other bodies of police and armed forces from involvement in riots, illegal gatherings and demonstrations. The MAT are known as "matatzides" (Greek: ματατζήδες) or "matades" (Greek: ματάδες).
Police officers evacuated 318 Greek residents and 16 animals from raging wildfires on Tuesday, 18 July, in Corinthia. Much of Greece has been baking in near 40C conditions as a heatwave grips ...