Police

Hundreds of former municipal policemen have started training with officers from the national force by patrolling the streets of Athens, Kathimerini has learned.

Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is informing that the Police Service of Northern Ireland are investigating recent attacks against Romanians and other Eastern Europeans in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to establish whether or not they can be considered hate crimes.

Increasing amount of illegal online material reported

BELGRADE -- The Net Patrol mechanism for reporting illegal and harmful online content has received more than 900 reports in 11 months.

140 of these have been forwarded to the INHOPE network.

OSCE explores ways to prevent extremism in the Balkans

Experts discuss approaches to counter radicalisation of potential terrorists.

The OSCE and the Balkan countries are working to address political and socio-economic factors that lead to radicalisation and recruitment of terrorists, officials said.

Crimes rates dropped in the first semester of 2014 compared to the previous year, according to a police report released on Thursday. The report showed that there were 52 cases of manslaughter recorded in the first six months this year (six of which were motivated by robbery), compared to 70 recorded in the second semester of 2013, where 21 had been during robberies.

The police officers who raided the houses of ranking military officers, journalists, academicians and activists five years ago as part of the so called “Ergenekon” and “Balyoz” investigations are now themselves on the receiving end.

VIENNA - Serbia's General Police Director Milorad Veljovic was decorated on Monday with the medal of the Republic of Austria for the promotion of police cooperation.

The Grand Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria was presented to Veljovic on behalf of Austrian President Heinz Fischer by Konrad Kogler, Director-General for Public Security of Austria.

Three police officers have been injured in the clashes that broke out Monday in the Roma district in Bulgaria's city of Stara Zagora.

The conflict between the Gendarmerie and the locals arose due to the forceful demolition of 55 illegally built houses in the city's Lozenets district.

The Romanian Border Police Day, marking 150 years of institutional existence, is celebrated in Herastrau Park on Saturday.

Counter-terrorism officers have located the hideout of Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis near the electric railway (ISAP) station in Maroussi, north of Athens, sources said on Friday.

Neighbors shown a recent photograph of the 42-year-old guerrilla told police he was a resident of an apartment block at 27, Ypsilantou Street, according to reports.