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Violent incidents involving anti-establishment rioters and Greek Police broke out late on Thursday in downtown Athens, Greece. Hoodie-wearing rioters threw Molotov cocktails and stones against police, who responded with teargas. The incidents were sparked when anti-establishment militants tried to enter the Athens...

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...

The Exarcheia area in downtown Athens was once again the field of riots as hooded men burned cars, smashed shop windows and vandalized bus stops. The riots started at night after about 1,000 anarchists marched from Monastiraki to Syntagma Square...

Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced that after what happened at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), the next Super League match would be held behind closed doors, with no fans on the stands. On Wednesday, March 11 the...

A group of antiestablishment individuals, who had earlier marched in downtown Athens, Greece, were involved in violent incidents around the National Polytechnic University late on Thursday, police said. Around 300 people, who had rallied in downtown Athens around 6:00 p.m., marched...

The neighborhood of Exarcheia and several major streets in downtown Athens, Greece, looked like they were bombarded after Saturday's riots that marked the sixth anniversary of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos' assassination by a policeman. Burned vehicles and bank ATMs, broken store windows and bus...

Riots and clashes with the police in several major cities in Greece have marked the anniversary of the killing of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman. In Athens, where the biggest demonstration rally took place, it was preceded by attacks...

Today is the sixth anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman, that triggered the most violent riots Athens has seen in recent years. It was a little before 9:00 on the evening of December 6, 2008,...

Clashes occurred during a march held in Piraeus, Greece, in memory of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas who was stabbed to death a year ago by a Golden Dawn supporter. The march that started peacefully, turned violent when about 100 of the participants...

The mayor of Amyntaio, Makis Iosifidis, was injured during riots that occurred between the residents of the region and police officers, outside the gate of the military camp Papapetrou in Amyntaio, Florina. The residents along with some bodies of...