National Intelligence Service

The plenary session of the Hellenic Authority for Communications Security and Privacy (ADAE) on Wednesday addressed a request from opposition party PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis to be informed about the surveillance of his phone by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) in 2021.

PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis sought the expedition of procedures that will pave the way for him to be informed about the reasons for the surveillance of his phone by the National Intelligence Service in a meeting Monday with Christos Rammos, the head of privacy watchdog ADAE.

In a unanimous decision, the plenary of the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, ruled on Friday that the 2021 law, which imposed an absolute ban on informing citizens who would like to know if they are being monitored, is unconstitutional. The decision was issued after an appeal by PASOK President Nikos Androulakis, triggering a new cycle of political controversy.

PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has welcomed a decision by the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, that a law forbidding independent privacy watchdog ADAE from informing him about the data collected during his surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was unconstitutional.

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a law forbidding the independent authority responsible for privacy, ADAE, from informing PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis about the data collected during his surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) is unconstitutional.

Port officials in the eastern Attican port of Lavrio have seized 3.75 million capsules of prescription drugs that were detected on a UK-flagged vessel.

Five hundred cartons of the Nervigesic Pregabalin drug, weighing 3.14 tonne were found on the vessel.

Distraught thousands of faithful visiting the monastery - Spikes from monks for interference by the brother of the Metropolitan of Tamassos, who works in the National Intelligence Service in a field related to surveillance

The phone conversations of ministers through familiar communication apps are not secure, according to a warning issued by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) to government and top state officials.

The National Intelligence Service (EYP) has sent a letter to members of Greece's Cabinet warning that their telephones are not safe from wiretaps and eavesdroppers, Kathimerini has learned.

Approximately 3,500 police officers are expected to be on foot for the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Athens on Thursday. Traffic regulations will be in place from the early morning. 

The Turkish president will be in Athens to participate in the Greece-Turkey Supreme Cooperation Council.