Greece

Syntagma Square has literally been the very heart of Athens ever since the city became the capital of the modern Greek state.

Greek police clashed with protesters in Athens following a relatively small demonstration against the mandatory vaccination of certain professional groups.

By Sean Mathews A large demonstration was held in Athens’ Syntagma Square on Wednesday by members of the Greek Armenian community in a show of solidarity with Armenia. The country is currently fighting the fourth day of an escalating war...

Greek police threw tear gas to disperse a crowd of demonstrators who hurled firebombs in a march toward the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens on Wednesday in a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to the...

Greek police on Thursday located and apprehended Yiannis Michalidis, an alleged member of an urban guerrilla group who rose to notoriety in 2011 after he tried to shoot at police with a high-powered bow-and-arrow during a protest rally at...

Police clashed with protesters during a rally against the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Athens to sign the renewal of the United States-Greece Defense Cooperation Agreement on Saturday. The rally started at Syntagma Square and protesters...

A man who became infamous in 2011 for using a bow and arrow against police forces during a protest in Athens' Syntagma Square, escaped the agricultural prison of Tyrintha in the Peloponnese on Friday. Giannis Michalidis was given a 13-year...

Protesters opposed to the Prespa accord with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia spray-painted a slogan outside the residence of U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt in Athens on Thursday night. The group wrote: “Macedonia, Greek land.” Police rounded up some thirty suspects...

Protesters clashed with riot police outside Greece's Parliament on Sunday afternoon, following a rally in Syntagma Square against the Prespa Agreement. Witnesses who uploaded videos and pictures on social media stated that members of the police force guarding the Greek Parliament...

Hundreds of people holding a candle gathered in front of the Greek parliament in Syntagma Square to pay their respects to the 90+ victims of the Greek fire. The rally had been organized on social media and people started gathering...

Greek police used tear gas on Sunday against demonstrators opposing the "Macedonia" name deal in central Athens. A group of around 30 demonstrators threw rocks and flares against the police in Syntagma square, opposite the Greek parliament, after the end...

Greek riot police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters gathered outside the parliament building in Syntagma Square to demonstrate against the agreement on the naming dispute with FYROM. Some of the protesters waving Greek flags and shouting slogans...

Even before Sunday's huge rally against the use of the term 'Macedonia' by Greece's northern neighbor, the Athens government tried to vilify or ridicule the hundreds of thousands of participants. According to them, the people who expressed their disagreement with...

The Greek government has sought to downplay the significance of Sunday’s ‘Macedonia is Greece’ rally in Athens claiming only "several thousand" participated. A statement released from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ office, took a swipe at organizers and opposition politicians who...

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis made an emotional defense of the Greekness of Macedonia during a speech to hundreds of thousands of Greeks in Athens on Sunday. "Macedonia is and will always be Greek," he said to a huge applause by...