Greece
Greece
Athens Covered in Thick Black Smoke from Kineta Forest Fire (photos)
The Greek capital is covered by smoke on Monday as a big forest fire burns on the mountain slopes of Gerania, near the resort town of Kineta, about 50 km (30 miles) west of Athens.
Acropolis and the parliament are...
Art
Angry Street Art is Making Athens Hip, Says the Economist
The British magazine Economist says that anti-austerity artists are impressing the tourists in Athens with their imaginative street art and graffiti on buildings.
Much of the graffiti scrawled or stencilled on empty buildings and shuttered shop fronts has a resentful tone....
Crime
Riot Policeman Found Guilty for Attack on Photojournalist
On Thursday, a Greek Misdemeanors Court handed down an eight-month jail sentence, suspended pending appeal, to a 27-year-old riot police officer found guilty of striking photojournalist Tatiana Bolari while she was covering a protest rally in downtown Athens on October...
Economy
Amnesty Group Denounces Greek Police Brutality
ATHENS – In a damning report, Amnesty International condemned what it said was repeated instances of regular police brutality against protesters, journalists, innocent bystanders, and beating and torture of immigrants. The group said police violence was more than isolated...
Economy
Another Journalist, Greek Photo Union Chief, Beaten by Police
ATHENS – A day after police allegedly beat two journalists covering protests over the suicide of a retired pharmacist in Syntagma Square, the President of the Greek Photojournalists Union, Marios Lolos, was reportedly beaten so badly by riot police...
Greece
Police Officer who Attacked Photo-Reporter Released
The police officer who hit and wounded the photo-reporter Tatiana Bolari, during the episodes at Syntagma on Wednesday afternoon, was released
The policeman was identified and arrested after the photo-reporter turned to the General Police Directorate of Attica and sued...
Economy
Riot Officer Arrested for Striking Photographer
ATHENS - A police officer captured on camera hitting a woman photographer during an anti-austerity protest on Oct. 5 has been arrested and charged with assaulting her.
The officer, who works with the riot police, was not named but the...
Greece
Finance Ministry's Cleaners Suspended until September
The Supreme Court of Greece accepted the appeal of the Greek Finance Ministry, which requested a delay in the implementation of a court decision to rehire its cleaners, temporarily suspended.
The ministry had appealed to the Court in an effort to temporarily freeze...