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Greek Police Detain Senior Member of "Rubicon" Anarchist Group

George Kalaitzidis, a leading member of the infamous Greek anarchist group Rubicon (Rouvikonas) was reportedly detained by Greek police on Monday. According to media reports, the member of the group is most likely under arrest, but this has not yet...

Suspected Greek Parliament Vandal Released on Bail

A man arrested after a group of anarchists splashed red paint on the outer walls of the parliament building in Athens earlier in the week was released on bail on Friday. The 36-year man, member of the infamous Rouvikonas (Rubicon)...

Greek Anarchist Group Vandalize Lawyer's Office; Threaten Judges

A leading member of the Greek anarchist group Rubicon (Rouvikonas) was arrested late Friday after a raid against a law office in Athens. Footage posted on social media show the group smashing equipment at the law agency's office that also...

Rubicon Anarchist Group Smashes Department Store Windows in Athens (video)

Early Sunday morning, six members of the Rubicon anarchist group smashed the front doors and windows of a department store in Athens with sledgehammers. The perpetrators, with their faces covered, attacked the well-known store on Piraeus Street a little after...

Anarchist Gets 5-Month Suspended Sentence for Threatening Hospital Staff

Evelpidon Street court complex: file photo Giorgos Kalaitzidis, a leading member of the anarchist group Rubicon, received a five-month suspended sentence on Wednesday for attempted unlawful violence against hospital staff. The sentence was handed down by a misdemeanors court in Athens. Kalaitzidis,...

Greek Universities in Turmoil; Opposition Pledges to End Asylum

The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) was shuttered on Wednesday, while the School of Philosophy at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has been occupied by anarchists. Professors and students are warning that the campuses have...

'Rubicon' Anarchists Occupy School of Philosophy Classroom Again

Members of "Rubicon" anarchist group on Wednesday occupied once again classroom 516 of the University of Athens School of Philosophy, despite efforts by university faculty to block them. On Wednesday last week, members of the group stormed classroom 516 and...

Teaching Staff Stop Anarchist Group Opening Office at Greek University

Lecturers at Athens University on Wednesday blocked a group of anarchists belonging to the Rouvikonas group of setting up a meeting place at the Faculty of Philosophy. The teaching staff formed a human chain in front of the room that would...

Anarchist Group Invade Greek Foreign Ministry Protesting over Palestinian Issue

Members of anarchist group Rubicon on Tuesday invaded the foreign ministry building in Athens and left a bag with the flag of Palestine inside, protesting Greece's cooperation with Israel. The foreign ministry building is located across the entrance of the...

Greek Anarchist Fighting ISIS in Syria Speaks Out (video)

A Greek anarchist, a member of the Rouvikonas (Rubicon) group, who traveled to Syria to fight the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) has spoken on camera about his experience of the war and the reasons that made him join...