Greece

Riot police stormed two squats in the district of Koukaki in central Athens which had been  re-occupied by anarchists earlier on Saturday. The buildings, located on 45 Matrozou Street and 21 Panetolikou Street, had been cleared by riot police in...

Greek riot police stormed Athens’ Korydallos prison on Tuesday evening to put a stop to the widespread brawling among inmates which erupted earlier in the day. An Afghan detainee and a prison guard were injured in the clashes. Dozens of...

  Teachers and riot police clashed in central Athens on Monday afternoon, following a protest against a new system of hiring educators which the Greek government announced recently. The protest was organized by D.O.E. and O.L.M.E., the largest teachers' unions in...

Greek authorities are investigating a petrol-bomb attack on riot police in the northern city of Thessaloniki. Saturday's incident took place during a shift change outside the city's Turkish consulate. According to reports, barriers were thrown up when riot police crossed to...

Turkish Cypriot police interrogated a group of protesting Greek Cypriots on Tuesday morning. The incident happened as the group was waiting on Glossa beach in Famagusta for the arrival of European Parliament lawmakers on fact-finding mission to the area that...

Riot police and protesters clashed near the official residence of Greece's prime minister on Friday, as a demonstration over education turned violent. Police fired tear gas as some of the crowd, masked and brandishing sticks, attacked officers. The day had started...

Greek riot police used tear gas on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of football fans who had gathered to protest the state's handling of crisis-hit Greek soccer. Angry Olympiacos supporters gathered outside a conference center where Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was...

One person was arrested on Saturday following three separate attacks in Athens' Exarchia district overnight, during which youth threw stones and bottles at platoons of MAT riot police. The first attack took place at 1:00 on Saturday morning, followed by...

Once again violence erupted in the capital last night when hooded youth threw petrol bombs at riot police stationed in the Exarchia district of Athens. The incident took place around 10:30 pm at the intersection of Patision and Tositsa Streets and...

A protest march against crime by local residents in the area of Menidi, eastern Attica, turned violent on Monday night after a group of youths threw petrol bombs and stones against riot police at the train station, who responded...

Greek riot police on Sunday stopped angry crowds of Menidi, Attica residents who tried to attack a Roma community, after the accidental death of an 11-year-old boy by a stray bullet fired by a Roma. About 200 people held a...

More attacks by self-styled anarchists on riot police in the Athens district of Exarchia took place late Saturday and early Sunday morning, authorities have reported. The attacks involved the anarchists hurling firebombs at the riot police who were stationed at...

Anti-austerity protests took place on Wednesday in Athens. They are part of a general strike occurring concurrent to the Greek Parliament debating the bailout-related spending cuts. The protests outside of Parliament turned violent when, according to the AP, several dozen of protestors of...

On Wednesday evening for the fifth night in a row riot police at various stations in the center of Athens in the district of Exarchia came under attack. Groups of young men attacked the riot police stationed on Harilaou Trikoupi...

On Friday night, masked individuals threw Molotov cocktails into a platoon of police officers guarding the offices of the PASOK political party in Exarchia in central Athens. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Friday evening and resulted in two...