Greece

Greek police released a video of its operation on Saturday to clear two squats in the district of Koukaki in central Athens that were earlier re-occupied by anarchists. Five people were detained as Greek police stormed the squats. The anarchists...

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 police were accused of using excessive and even illegal force against citizens during their operation on Wednesday morning to clear three anarchist-occupied squats in central Athens. A family living next door to a squat in the district of Koukaki...

Greek police launched on Wednesday morning a large operation to evacuate three buildings in the central Athens district of Koukaki which had been used as squats by self-styled anarchists. Officers entered the buildings, located on Matrozou, Panaitoliou and Arvali Streets,...

The Greek Ministry of Citizen's Protection issued a statement, in what amounts to an ultimatum, on Wednesday afternoon, regarding the issue of squatting and illegally occupying abandoned buildings in the country. The Ministry's statement noted that ''Those who have illegally...

Greek police initiated a new operation in downtown Athens' Exarcheia neighborhood on Tuesday morning in their ongoing efforts to clear squatters from buildings there. The operation began before 6 o'clock in the morning local time, with a number of police officers...

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...

Police on Monday raided an illegally-occupied building in the Exarchia district in downtown Athens, removing more than 100 illegal migrants and refugees as part of a clean-up drive by the government. The building in Oktaviou Merlie and Prassa Street was...

Police in Athens on Thursday removed over 200 illegal immigrants, including dozens of children, from two squats in the city center as part of a clean up drive by the new conservative government. Some 230 individuals, including 70 children, were...

Greek authorities announced on Tuesday that a total of 134 asylum seekers who were evicted from squats in Exarchia in downtown Athens will be moved to state reception facilities in the next several days. The 134 migrants – chiefly consisting...

Dozens of Greek police officers on Monday stormed at least four anarchist apartments and buildings used as squats in Exarchia, the run-down central district of Athens. The police sweeps, which began last week, are being undertaken with an aim to...

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...

Ten people were detained by Greek police on Monday morning during raids on squatted buildings in central Athens. Officers raided premises on Kallidromiou Street in Exarchia, scene of regular rioting between leftist groups and police. A second building on nearby Zaimi...

Greek riot police used tear gas on Monday evening, to disperse a large crowd of leftists demonstrating in Thessaloniki against the torching of an occupied building by ‘fascists’. A crowd of around 500 people gathered outside the building, accusing the...

Greek police are putting the final touches to a plan to evacuate illegally occupied buildings around Athens and the rest of the country in the coming days. Acknowledging the political will of the government, the leadership of the security forces...