Police

Police entered the administrative headquarters of Athens University on Friday morning and arrested 14 anti-establishment protesters, ending a 19-day sitin of the institution that had unsettled the government and fueled political tensions.

Two brothers who posed as tax officers on Tuesday in order to swindle 350 euros from an 80-year-old man in a village in Kilkis, northern Greece, were in hospital later in the day after a car chase by police culminated in them losing control of their vehicle and suffering broken limbs.

Police officers in Turkey viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests of summer 2013 as ?morally problematic outsiders,? according to a new report written by a local Police Academy scholar.

Defense Ministry refuses to send documents to ombudsman

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has said that the documentation sought by Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic cannot be submitted without the agreement of the prosecution.

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Monday that intense efforts are being invested in the preparation of the Law on Enforcement and Security, and added that the new solutions should be ready for adoption in mid-2015.

The Council of State, Greece?s highest administrative court, on Tuesday approved the government?s plan to re-establish the municipal police within the national force.

The municipal police was disbanded in the summer of 2013 as part of the government?s drive to meet the public sector mobility scheme targets.

Turkish authorities have admitted that the police used a riot gun with a "lethal" ammunition during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

Greek police officials have raised the possibility that convicted terrorist Christoforos Xeros's activities while on the run may have been financed by convicted criminals serving time in local correctional facilities, Kathimerini understands.

More than 2,000 police officers have been treated for mental health disorders over the past five years, while 157 officers have committed suicide, according to Turkey’s official ombudsman’s report presented to the Interior Ministry.

New video footage recorded during the Gezi protests of 2013 has surfaced, revealing how a surveillance camera operated by the municipality (MOBESE) turned away as two police officers started beating an individual in the middle of an empty street during security crackdowns.