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Man Throws Fire Bomb at Presidential Guards in Front of Greek Parliament
An unknown man wearing a hood hurled a molotov cocktail at the presidential guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument early Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. when a hooded black-clad man approached the sentry boxes...
Crime
Self-Styled Anarchists Turn Exarchia Into a War Zone (Again)
The roads around the National Technical University of Athens (Polytechnic) were turned into a war zone again at dawn on Sunday as young anti-state rebels threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at policemen. The region where the violent episodes took...
Greece
Greek State to Pay 700,000 Euros for Buses Damaged by Molotov Cocktails
The Greek Public Sector was obliged by the State Council to submit 700,000 euros for the destruction of two buses belonging to the national bus service of Greece that were burnt when Molotov cocktails were flung at them by...
Crime
Anarchists Attack Police in Athens, One Tourist Injured (video)
The Exarcheia area in central Athens became once again a battleground between police and anarchists early Sunday morning, leaving one Portuguese tourist injured. The riots happened a day before the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a...
Crime
The Alexandros Grigoropoulos Killing Still Haunts Greece
As the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman approaches, thousands of police brace for a night of riots and vandalism.
The sixth of December of 2008 event triggered the most violent uproar Athens has...
Crime
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...
Greece
Attacks and Molotov Cocktails in the Center of Athens
Shortly before 13:00 pm around 30 masked men attacked police officers with stones damaging shop windows in the center of Athens during demonstrations by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GCWG) and the Civil Servants Supreme Administrative Council (CSSAC)....
Crime
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...