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Urban Guerrilla Group Claims Responsibility for Last Month's Execution-style Murder of Drug Dealer 'Habibi' in Exarchia

On Saturday a newly formed group calling itself Armed Militia Groups claimed responsibility for last month's execution-style murder of an Arab drug dealer in the neighborhood of Exarchia in Athens. The 36-year-old victim is known as "Habibi" and is believed to...

Foreign Man Shot Dead at Exarchia in Drug Related Case, Police says

Two men on a motorcycle fatally shot a foreign man on Themistokleous Street in the Exarchia neighborhood in Athens, at 11:30 am on Tuesday. The perpetrators wore motorcycle helmets and -- according to witnesses who called the police -- were...

Armed Robberies Took Place in Three Athens Supermarkets

An elaborate police operation is underway in Athens in order to locate three people who were allegedly involved in three successive armed robberies that took place in northern and central Athens, Greece. The first robbery took place at Vasilopoulos supermarket...

Greek Police Arrest 7 After Riots and Petrol Bomb Attacks

Greek Police arrested seven rioters who had attacked policemen with petrol bombs in the area of Exarchia around midnight on Friday. It all started after a demonstration rally of leftist organizations protesting the arrival of U.S. State Secretary John Kerry in...

Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis Assaulted at Athens Restaurant

A group of about 30 youngsters verbally attacked and threatened with violence Yanis Varoufakis and his wife Danae Stratou as they were dining at a restaurant in central Athens, Greece. The incident happened around 11pm on Tuesday in the Exarchia area, a well-known Athenian...

Anarchists Attack Police with Petrol Bombs in Athens [Video]

Anarchists attacked police with molotov cocktails and stones after a protest rally against maximum security prisons in downtown Athens, Greece, late on Tuesday. About 400 black-clad people marched from the University of Athens administration building to the Greek parliament around 7:15...

Thousands of Participants in 41st Anniversary Rally of Athens Polytechnic Uprising [Video]

Some 20,000 to 25,000 Greeks participated in the annual protest rally to the US Embassy on Monday evening, marking the 41st anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising of November 17, 1973. The demonstration was policed by more than 7,000 officers, who...

Athens' Most Peculiar Kiosks

As anyone who has ever visited Greece will know, a kiosk, or the locals like to call it, “periptero,” can be found on every street corner of any island, small village or big city. They are an essential part...

Gavriella Ushakova: Legendary Prostitute of Athens

With several featured articles and videos on her turbulent life story and tragic death, the only prostitute in the history of the Greek state that has officially entered the Presidential Megaron to receive an honoring distinction for her services...

Molotov Cocktail Used against Riot Police in Exarchia

Turmoil goes on in Athens although there has been a big pause due to the holiday of August 15th. Yesterday evening, August 16th, a group of young people used a Molotov cocktail to attack riot police guarding PASOK offices...