Protection Ministry

In a strongly worded press release, the Citizen's Protection Ministry pledged to bring to justice the two young men who punched and kicked a metro station manager in Athens on Wednesday after he asked them to wear their masks in the train, calling them "beasts."

Following a spike in complaints of police brutality, the Citizens' Protection Ministry is reinstating a 2010 directive obliging riot police officers (MAT) to clearly display their name and badge number.

An internal investigation by the Citizens' Protection Ministry has revealed serious cases of corruption and mismanagement by senior officials at Greek penitentiaries, Kathimerini has learned.

The public order ministry has ordered groups and individuals to abandon occupied buildings within 15 days.

He announced that whoever wishes to remain in buildings owned by private citizens should contact the owners to agree on the terms of rental.

Παροχές : Στην τελική ευθεία ελαφρύνσεις για νοικοκυριά

Drastic changes to the asylum law are set out in the Citizens' Protection Ministry bill presented by Michalis Chrysochoidis to the cabinet on Monday which seeks to draw a clear distinction between migrants and refugees.

The union of Athens police officers said Monday that it has appealed to the Athens Administrative Court against three-month secondment contracts that they say would transfer staff out of crucial police units to foot patrols.

The new Highway Code being designed by the Transport Ministry will abolish a 50 percent discount currently enjoyed by motorists for paying their fines within 10 days after receiving them.

The head of Greece's fire service Ioannis Karatzias submitted his resignation to the Alternate Citizens' Protection Ministry on Wednesday.

The reasons behind Karatzias's resignation were not immediately known.

A replacement was expected to be announced soon, the ministry said.

Greece’s daily Kathimerini reports that a Pakistani national was arrested in Athens in 2015 for “preaching hate” and disseminating extremist viewpoints to moslems in Greece. The Pakistani extremist self-proclaimed imam was reported to Greek authorities by members of the Pakistani community who reported him to The Citizens’ Protection Ministry in November 2014.

A mini-reshuffle of the cabinet is on the cards, a government official has indicated following a decision by authorities to revoke plans to put the Alternate Citizens? Protection Ministry under the auspices of the Justice Ministry.