clashes
Greece
Student Protest Turns Violent Once Again in Central Athens (video)
A peaceful protest, this time organized by associations of Greek high school students, turned violent on Monday afternoon when a group of unknown individuals attacked police forces outside the Greek Parliament in Athens.
At the exact same spot where similar...
Greece
Fresh Clashes Between Leftists and Police Disrupt Traffic in Central Athens
Clashes between leftist students and police seem to have returned to central Athens for good since, for yet another day, the city center of the Greek capital was closed on Thursday, as thousands of students marched against the new,...
Greece
Clashes Between Vandals and Police Disrupt Traffic in Athens
Clashes erupted on Wednesday afternoon between a group of unknown individuals and police forces in central Athens.
The incidents took place outside of the University of Economics (ASOEE) on Patission Street, when a number of hooded individuals began setting trash...
Education
Students' Demonstration Ends With Clashes in Central Athens
Another mostly peaceful demonstration of students organized by left-wing student associations ended in clashes in central Athens on Thursday.
Several hundred protesters attempted to overturn the riot police's ''MAT'' trucks, which had been parked vertically along Vasilissis Olgas Avenue in...
Greece
Clashes Erupt Between Migrants on Greece's Samos Island (video)
Serious clashes between Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees erupted late at night on Monday and during the early hours of Tuesday in a camp near Vathy, on the island of Samos.
A large fire also broke out in the camp...
Greece
Leftist Students Clash With Police After March Against Educational Reform in Athens
A largely-peaceful student protest organized by leftist student associations ended in clashes with Greece's MAT riot police in central Athens on Friday afternoon.
Several hundred demonstrators attempted to overturn MAT police trucks which had been parked vertically along Vasilissis Olgas...
Greece
Athens' Exarchia Witnesses Fresh Clashes Between Anarchists and Police
Very early on Friday morning, Athens' downtown district of Exarchia witnessed yet another series of clashes between so-called Anarchists and police forces.
A group of approximately twenty-five men came from nearby streets and threw Molotov cocktails at a unit of riot police...
Greece
Clashes Between Migrants, Police Continue For Second Day in Northern Greece (video)
New clashes broke out on Friday afternoon between riot police and migrants near the Diavata reception centrer in northern Greece, after a new group of migrants tried to break through police lines in a bid to reach the border.
About...
Greece
''Organized Plan To Invade Parliament'' Averted
The Speaker of the Greek Parliament, Nikolaos Voutsis, declared on Monday that extremists had hatched an organized plan to invade the Greek Parliament during Sunday’s demonstration at Syntagma Square.
Voutsis said evidence currently being held by the Parliamentary Guard proves...
Greece
Seven People Charged in Sunday's Riots in Athens
Six men and a woman who were arrested on Sunday’s clashes at Syntagma Square were charged with two criminal offenses and six misdemeanors by the Athens public prosecutor on Monday.
The violent clashes which occurred outside the Greek parliament on Sunday during...