Police

Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) is planning to introduce video surveillance on its trains, according to a written response from Transport Minister Georgi Gvozdeikov to a parliamentary inquiry.

Seven suspects, including two senior police chiefs and a commissioner, have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into a criminal organization in the capital Ankara.

The arrests stem from allegations made by Serdar Sertçelik, a fugitive defendant connected to a criminal organization led by Ayhan Bora Kaplan.

Police officers set up tents in Syntagma Square in front of Parliament on Friday morning to protest against budget cuts impacting their compensation for travel expenses.

A government amendment passed on April 28 mandates that police officers stationed outside urban centers serve for three months in Athens or Thessaloniki. Furthermore, it slashed the per diem from 80 to 30 euros.

In an ongoing probe into potential ties between Ankara police and a criminal syndicate, authorities have expanded their investigation with the detention of four additional suspects, three of whom are police officers.

The latest development comes after the suspension of four officers in connection with the case.

The body of a woman was found in the middle of the street in the area of Menidi, east Attica, on Thursday morning, police said.

The woman, believed to be around 40 years of age, was found at the junction of Parnithos and Aristotelous streets with a knee next to her. There were no further details on the incident. 

Police is investigating the circumstances of her death. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged resolute action against any form of "bureaucratic tutelage" as an investigation unfolds into a purported criminal network entangling police officials.

"We are following every incident that has come to the agenda recently, in all its dimensions, down to the smallest detail," Erdoğan said during a parliamentary meeting on May 15.

Citizen Protection Ministry is spearheading a comprehensive reform of disciplinary law for Greece's police force.

In an official announcement, the ministry underscored that "almost sixteen years after the initial implementation of the discipline rules," efforts are underway "to usher the police into a new modern era of restructuring and reorganization."

As part of cost-saving measures implemented in the ministries and other official institutions, 69 police officers responsible for the protection of senior officials in the Interior Ministry have been relieved of their duties, and two security vehicles assigned to Minister Ali Yerlikaya have been withdrawn.

The younger Olympiakos fans who took part in the incidents in the Renti district of Athens last December that led to the death of a police officer outside a stadium during a volleyball match have been described by the police as the "strike force" - the "little ones" who followed the orders of the "big ones" in the stands.

MP taken to Attica General Police Directorate; the incident is considered a felony – How the episode with the vulgar expressions started