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Thucydides, the ancient Greek historian can help us understand the January 6 riots and their aftermath, as Greece also experienced extreme polarization and civil strife. By Rachel Hadas The second anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is upon us. And each...

A teenage boy was killed in Montpellier, France as riots broke out by fans of Morocco following their World Cup semi-final defeat to France. The boy, 14, was part of a large group of what appeared to be Moroccan supporters...

Riots in Holland raged for three nights due to the general public chafing under Covid-19 restrictions as Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday condemned rioters, calling them “idiots,” and promising that they would be brought to justice. There were...

A verdict was reached at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who stood accused of murder in the August, 2020 killings of two men who were protesting the shooting of a young black man, Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse was...

President Trump is now the only United States leader to be impeached twice, after Wednesday's historic vote in the House of Representatives. But his trial in the Senate will not happen until after Joe Biden, a Democrat, is inaugurated as...

The center of Athens will remain cordoned off for the entire day on Friday because of the rallies and demonstrations planned for the anniversary of the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, the teenager shot and killed by a police officer...

The Areos Pagos, Greece's supreme court, requested a copy of the court ruling on the case of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Friday. The fifteen-year-old demonstrator was murdered in Exarchia in December, 2008 by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas. The murder sparked...

The former police officer who was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment for the murder of 15-year-old protester Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008 was released from jail on Tuesday. Epaminondas Korkoneas has served 11 of the 13 years of his sentence and his...

For the second time this week, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis has called for the resignation of Nikos Toskas, the Citizens' Protection Minister, in light of the vandalism and acts of violence that have taken place throughout the city in recent...

Early Saturday morning clashes between rioters and the police took place near the Athens Polytechnic in Exarchia. Sources report that following a group of unidentified people throwing petrol bombs at riot police at a unit stationed on the corner of...