Dendias

Giving up the idea of banning the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which is not allowed under the Constitution, the Greek government instead is said to planning to try to designate it as a criminal gang so that more than...

While Greece removing free police bodyguards and security for more VIP's such as businessmen, journalists and others considered targets of terrorists or violence, the police will still provide protection: at a cost of 2,000 ($2,600) per month. That was the...

Greek police on July 23 were pressing a diligent manhunt for Ilir Koupa, the last remaining escapee from Trikala Prison. The search was said to be going on in the area between Thesprotia and Ioannina continues. Koupa fled after...

Greece's crushing economic crisis, in which police officers have been the line of last defense keeping protesters from getting into the Parliament, is taking its toll on law enforcement with 16 officers having committed suicide since the country's troubles...

As the Greek government has set aside a bill to increase penalties for racist attacks, the number of assaults against immigrants is continuing unabated, people who said they were victims told Agence-France-Presse, including Omar Diallo, who said a beating...

Greek Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said the country continues to be so overwhelmed by illegal immigrants that other European Union countries should take some of them. He told BBC’s Hardtalk program that undocumented immigrants in Greece were “a huge...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and PASOK's Evangelos Venizelos were to meet on June 24 to discuss a shakeup in the Cabinet that will dump some of the Premier's ministers and replace them with Socialists to reward Venizelos for backing...

After the protest-ridden year of 2012 - there were 5,600  demonstrations, most against austerity measures - the Greek government wants to control them and limit their influence to prevent disruption to the city's center by small-scale organizings. Public Order Minister...

After having been provided free police bodyguards, some 4,200 at one point, Greek politicians, key journalists, business executives and others deemed likely targets of criminals and terrorists will have to pay for the cost if their income is more...

After the European Union’s human rights chief said that there’s enough evidence of violence being perpetrated by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that has 18 seats in Parliament to outlaw the group, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said the...