Greece's National Intelligence Service

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).

ND deputy parliament speaker says Muslim MPs could be surveilled for national security reasons

Amidst a political uproar over the National Intelligence Agency's tapping of the phone of centre-left Pasok-Kinal leader Nikos Androuakis, New Democracy MP Charalambos Athanasiou, the second deputy speaker of Parliament and a former justice minister, cited Muslim MPs of ethnic Turkish origin as an example of legitimate surveillance of an MP by Greece's National Intelligence Service for reasons