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Vandals Torch Christmas Tree in Athens’ Exarchia for the Second Time in a Week

Unknown vandals burned for the second time in less than two days the Christmas tree of the central square of the notorious Exarchia district in Athens on Friday night. The new incident took place just a few hours after the...

Vandals Torch Christmas Tree in Athens' Exarchia District (video)

Unknown assailants burned a Christmas tree in the central square of the notorious Exarchia district on Wednesday night, just a few hours after it had been placed there and decorated by the city of Athens' municipal workers. Eye witnesses said...

Police Clear Out Another Two Illegal Squats in Exarchia

More than thirty migrants were evacuated by police forces on Wednesday morning as part of a new police operation to clear out illegal habitations in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia. The operation, which was executed by members of the...

Notorious Exarchia Square Given a Facelift by Athens Council

Work crews belonging to the Athens municipality arrived in Exarchia Square early on Thursday morning and began their work to clean up and give the central Athens square a “facelift,” which the city promises will finally make the area...

Exarchia Anarchists Say “We Will Fight” To Defend Neighborhoods

Greek anarchists have pledged to show the authorities that they are “A state within a state” in Exarchia, central Athens, in view of the new government’s pledge to work hard to restore a sense of public security in the...

Athens' Exarchia Witnesses Fresh Clashes Between Anarchists and Police

Very early on Friday morning, Athens' downtown district of Exarchia witnessed yet another  series of clashes between so-called Anarchists and police forces. A group of approximately twenty-five men came from nearby streets and threw Molotov cocktails at a unit of riot police...

Rocks Thrown at Police Squad, One Police Officer Injured in Athens' Exarchia Neighborhood

One police officer was injured on Sunday afternoon after a group of people threw rocks at members of Police's DIAS unit near Athens' Exarchia neighborhood. The incident took place around 4:45 pm local time after two police officers tried to...

Fresh Clashes Erupt Between Anarchists and Police in Athens' Exarchia

Once again, violence erupted in the Exarchia district of Athens on Saturday night. A group of young men came from the Polytechnic School's premises and threw rocks and petrol bombs at a police unit that was stationed at Patision Avenue...

Greek Police Continue Crackdown on Illegal Exarchia Squats

Dozens of people were remanded for questioning on Thursday morning as part of a large-scale police operation to clear illegal habitations in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia. The operation, which was executed by the Attica Security Division with assistance...

Greek Police, Coast Guard in Disagreement after Drug Raid in Exarchia Left 2 Men Injured

Hellenic Police and the Hellenic Coast Guard are in disagreement over operational procedures after two men of the latter were injured following a drug raid in Exarchia on Thursday night. Eight men of the coast guard accompanied by a prosecutor...

Exarchia Turning into a Ghetto, Claim Furious Athenians

Hundreds of residents of the central Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia have called on the Greek prosecution service to intervene and put an end to the crime, vandalism and lawlessness threatening to turn the area into a ghetto. A three-page appeal...

Sixteen Charged with Serious Offences Over Clashes in Exarchia

Sixteen people arrested during clashes with police in the Athens district of Exarchia were led before a public prosecutor on Saturday, to be charged with a number of serious offences. The incidents led to the injury of a woman...

Chinese Investor Buys 100 Apartments in Athens's Exarchia

A Chinese investor has bought 100 apartments in the Exarchia area, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. According to the report, the Chinese man made use of them through short-term rental platforms and then sold them as an investment portfolio to...

One Arrest After Attacks on MAT Riot Police in Exarchia

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...

Greek Police Ban All Demonstrations on Thursday to Prevent Police Union Rally at Exarchia

Greek police has banned all demonstrations in Athens on Thursday in order to prevent a protest rally of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Police Officers (POASY) at Exarchia Square. The controversial issue of the police union demonstration at Exarchia has caused...