Ministry of Citizen Protection

A 16-member caretaker government, led by senior judge Ioannis Sarmas, will be sworn in at noon at the Presidential Mansion.

Police have made two arrests in relation to the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in April 2021, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos has announced.

In a Facebook post, Theodorikakos said that "police arrested two people - who were the subject of an arrest warrant - involved in the murder of the deceased journalist."

The Ministry of Citizen Protection has announced that driving licenses, license plates, and vehicle registration permits that were confiscated due to traffic violations will be returned starting from Monday to facilitate travel during the upcoming Easter holiday season.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at an event of the Ministry of Citizen Protection on security and the reduction of crime, at the former Hellenic Police Officers' School, sent a message that no abuse by a law enforcement officer at the expense of a citizen will be tolerated on the occasion of the case of the rape of a 19-year-old woman by police officers inside the Omonia police station.

Official data and the observations of NGOs in the field point to a rise in rates of femicide in a number of countries, notably since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

Michalis Chrysochoidis is the Special Advisor, Head of the Internal Security Program of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

This is mentioned in a relevant decision of the Board of ELIAMEP.

Greece's cabinet will discuss the government's legislation work in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday.

Greek authorities say a Syrian toddler has drowned at a beach in southern Greece after the boy wandered away from his parents and exited a migrant camp.

The Ministry of Citizen Protection, which oversees Greek police, says that the boy was 2 ½ years old. The boy drowned Sunday afternoon after leaving the camp in the city of Andravida in the western Peloponnese region.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reproved Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas for using tear gas against pensioners who were protesting the new pension cuts. After pictures of sad old men with swollen, teary eyes were released in the press and the social media, Tsipras put the blame on the deputy minister. The prime minister expressed his disapproval of the use of tear gas agains

On Wednesday, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas attended the opening ceremony of the “new space”, as the center will be called now. The new space can host 300 refugees and is equipped with wireless Internet and a playground.