 
                    Uniformed personnel in Greece granted standard civilian ID cards: End of mandatory use of service IDs
July 30, 2025
                    
                    In a historic change, Greece is putting an end to a decades-old distinction by allowing all uniformed personnel—military, police, fire service, and coast guard officers—to obtain regular civilian identity cards, eliminating the requirement to exclusively carry service IDs that automatically revealed their profession.
                
             
                            