Greece

A Greek court ruled that two human rights activists falsely accused a Greek Orthodox bishop of hate speech and sentenced them to year-long prison sentences that were suspended for three years on Tuesday. Bishop Seraphim, who is the Metropolitan of...

Scores of protesters demonstrated on Thursday outside Greek Consulates and Embassies around the world, asking for an end to what they call '' Santorini’s notoriously inhumane donkey rides.'' The activists, most of whom are members of the organization People for...

The act of ten young women, ridiculing the traditional student parade on OXI Day, has caused an uproar in Greece's political world and Greek society in general, with a "war" raging in social media over the issue. The ten women, headed...

A group of about 15 people have invaded the former ministry of commerce building in central Athens, vandalizing the premises and demanding that convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas gets prison leave. Koufodinas -- who is serving a life sentence for being...

Greek police have issued a ban on protests in central Athens during Thursday's visit by French President Emmanuel Macron. The French president will arrive at the Athens International Airport and is to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President...

On Wednesday activists formed a human chain across the 70-meter UN-controlled buffer zone in protest to Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant only 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Cyprus's northern shoreline, the AP has reported. The planned Russian-made...

Dozens of Greeks on Sunday protested silently the slaughtering of lambs for Easter on Ermou Street in Athens. The activists were silent and stood in the capital's main shopping street holding placards with written messages on pictures of lambs. The messages...

Members of two anti-mining groups from Halkidiki and Thessaloniki held a protest rally in central Thessaloniki on Saturday in support of 21 people accused of participating in the torching of a goldmine in Halkidiki, who are expected to appear...

Three activists on Friday jumped in the sea at the Mytilene Port to prevent the departure of a ship carrying 45 migrants to be deported to Turkey. As per the European Union-Turkey agreement that went in effect on Monday, the...

Ten Greenpeace activists were arrested after climbing a tower at a power plant belonging to Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece's main electricity provider in Kozani, Greece. The activists were protesting against the coal power plant, demanding for a switch...

In a recent press release, Amnesty International spoke of "hellish" conditions for migrants and refugees on the Greek island of Kos, while the organization also condemned attacks against refugees and activists. "The refugees we met in Kos have fled war and persecution...

About 4,000 mine workers and their families protested on Thursday outside the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy in Athens over the Greek government's expressed intention to stop works of the Hellas Gold mining operation in Skouries, northern Greece. The...

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met on Friday with activists campaigning for the conversion of the former Athens airport site at Elliniko, Greece , into a metropolitan park and expressed the party's support "for the struggle of Elliniko residents...

Clashes occurred on Tuesday morning on the sacred rock of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, between tour guides and activists protesting against the war in Gaza. The activists hung a banner which read: "Stop Israel Crime at Gaza". According to reports, tour...

In January 2014, a small boat that was transporting illegal migrants in Greek waters went under during a Greek Coast Guard operation near the Aegean islet of Farmakonisi. During the controversial operation, 11 Afghan immigrants lost their lives. On Thursday,...