Greek Police

Police thwarted as anarchists target US envoy’s home

A special plan that the Greek Police (ELAS) said it has for guarding the US Embassy and the adjacent residence of Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt did not stop members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas from vandalizing his home.
The attack, which occurred at around 4 a.m., involved 10 people wearing crash helmets, who lobbed bottles of paint at the walls of the ambassador's residence.

Rouvikonas asking for officers' ID was 'humiliating,' says special guards union

The head of the union representing special guards in the Greek Police (ELAS) said on Friday it was "humiliating" to see two colleagues asked to show their police IDs to members to anarchist group Rouvikonas during a stake-out operation in central Athens.