YIANNIS SOULIOTIS

Rift among police over ‘golden boys’

Divisions have emerged within the Hellenic Police (ELAS) after the relocation in recent weeks to Attica and Thessaloniki of hundreds of officers, who are being paid an additional allowance of 4,200 euros per month, in an attempt to boost visible policing in the country’s two largest urban centers.

Police officers’ responsibilities ascertained in Griva murder

The internal investigation of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) into the murder of Kyriaki Griva outside a police precinct last week has ascertained disciplinary lapses and criminal responsibilities of the officers that were on duty on the night of the incident on April 1.

28.03.2024 / 09:56

Five OSE insiders got hold of audio files of Tempe train crash

Five people, most of them senior managers at state-run Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) which operates the rail network, gained access to the organization’s audio files from the night of the train collision at Tempe in the early hours of March 1, 2023, railway executives told Kathimerini on condition of anonymity.

27.03.2024 / 11:09

Greece also on alert after Moscow terror attack

In the wake of the gruesome attack last Friday in Moscow and the mounting concerns among Western security and intelligence agencies, the Hellenic Police and the National Intelligence Service have reportedly jointly decided to intensify checks at the country’s entry points, migrant detention centers and beyond.

23.03.2024 / 20:30

The 2022 train accident that foretold the Tempe tragedy

On the afternoon of January 24, 2022 – that is 13 months before the deadly railway disaster at Tempe last year – engine trouble brought the InterCity 54 passenger train to a halt about a kilometer and a half from Livadia station in the middle of a snowstorm.

20.03.2024 / 17:52

Online chats unveil alleged prostitution racket involving minors

Online conversations revealed by Kathimerini shed light on the ongoing investigation into the alleged prostitution racket involving girls aged 14 to 18 in Athens. Six arrests have been made by the police in connection with the case.

18.03.2024 / 18:57

The deal rerouting migrant boats from Libya to Greece

Last September, just 30 asylum seekers made the 190-nautical-mile journey from Tobruk in Libya to the Greek island of Gavdos and Crete’s southern coast just above it; that number swelled to 397 in December and has passed 1,100 in the first couple of months of 2024.

15.03.2024 / 11:45

Plan to revitalize ODOS unit amidst data showing lackluster enforcement of public protest laws

Οut of the 315 rallies held in Athens since the beginning of the year, only 140 were officially notified to the authorities as required by law, according to data from the Greek Police (ELAS).

09.03.2024 / 15:10

Request to cross-check lists of surveillance targets pending

A request by two prosecutors last year to check whether the 92 people targeted by illegal spyware Predator had also been surveilled by the country’s intelligence service, EYP, remains pending four months after it was submitted to the independent authority responsible for privacy, ADAE.

09.03.2024 / 09:34

Fuel smugglers linked to underworld

Investigators have linked members of a racket arrested on Tuesday for fuel smuggling and adulteration, to underworld businessmen with criminal histories for related offenses.

06.03.2024 / 09:15

Train cash site cleared by order of police, fire brigade

The police and fire department decided to remove the damaged wagons and use diggers to clear the site of the railway accident, the country’s deadliest, in Tempe, central Greece, in February 2023, according to statements given at the end of January 2024 to the Larissa Magistrate’s Court by the digging machine operators and what was stated, on condition of anonymity, to Kathimerini by officials with knowledge of the matter.

05.03.2024 / 19:55

EYP deputy chief replaced to boost fight against organized crime

In a move aimed, according to sources, at bolstering Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) in its fight against organized crime, the government on Tuesday replaced the agency’s deputy chief, Lieutenant-General Giorgos Kellis, with Antonis Tzitzis, a former officer of the Greek Police (ELAS).

03.03.2024 / 20:52

10 to face trial on terrorism-related charges

Authorities have remanded six persons accused of terrorist acts Sunday after their statements to an examining magistrate in Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

03.03.2024 / 20:00

Army officers linked to more plots

Citizen Protection Ministry officials are not ruling out the possibility that two military pyrotechnicians who were arrested last week for their involvement in the case of a parcel-bomb that was sent to the president of the Thessaloniki Appeals Court on February 12 may be linked to other terrorist plots, such as the attempted attack on the police riot unit headquarters in Athens last December.

28.02.2024 / 10:29

Key points in the ongoing Tempe tragedy probe

Even though a year has gone by since the February 28, 2023 rail disaster near Larissa at Tempe, central Greece – which claimed the lives of 57 people, most of them young university students returning from a long weekend break – judicial authorities appear to have widened the scope of inquiries in recent weeks, adding more names to their list of suspects.