Anarchists
Greece
Greek Anarchists Occupy Labor Ministry, Leftist Newspaper
Self-professed anarchists of the Rubicon group raided the Greek Labor Ministry on Monday shouting slogans and scattering flyers, protesting pension cuts and security contribution hikes.
The perpetrators put up a banner saying "We will not live like slaves. We will...
Crime
Greek Terrorist Group Makes Threatening Proclamation
Terrorist group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire has issued a proclamation threatening prosecutors and journalists in retaliation for the arrest of wanted criminal Paula Roupa.
The organization's proclamation was posted in anarchist website Indymedia. The Conspiracy of the Cells...
Greece
Militants, Migrants Occupy Vacant Buildings in Central Athens
Residents and shop owners repeatedly complaint to no avail that vacant buildings in the Exarchia neighborhood are occupied by militants and migrants, a Kathimerini report says.
Similar complaints have been made in other parts of central Athens, but appeals to...
Crime
Greece in Review: 2016
Several of the events that marked Greece in 2016 are like the ones that marked 2015, showing that political powers prefer to maintain the old, corrupt order.
Crime
Athens Mayor Asks for Resignation of Citizen Protection Minister
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Wednesday asked that Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas to resign for tolerating anarchists who burn down urban buses.
"I want Mr. Toskas to tell us in which European capital people systematically burn down buses...
Greece
Major Companies Pull Products From Greek Supermarkets Following Anarchists' Threat to Poison Beverages
A post on an unknown extreme anarchists' website to poison beverages on the shelves of Greek supermarkets on December 19 was not just an empty threat but instead is being classified as "quite significant" by Greek Authorities.
The statements on...
Crime
Fires and Vandalism Follow Commemoration of Teenager Slain by Greek Police [video]
The Exarchia neighborhood in Athens turned into a battlefield on Tuesday evening as anarchist groups launched an attack against riot police monitoring the rallies commemorating the slaying of 16-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a police bullet in 2008.
Groups of hooded...
Crime
Greek Police Find Stash of 150 Petrol Bombs in Athens
Greek police on Sunday found a stash of 150 molotov cocktails hidden in an abandoned house in Exarchia, central Athens.
Police believe that the petrol bombs were hidden in order to be used during Tuesday's protest rally in commemoration of...
Greece
November 17: A Date to Burn and Vandalize Freely
It has been at least 20 years now that every November 17 is the day when Greeks wait to see the tally of destruction in its aftermath. The news reports and images of the 2016 Polytechneio uprising memory day...
Crime
Far-Left Group Claims Responsibility of Grenade Attack on French Embassy in Greece
Far-left group Organisation of Revolutionary Autodefence on Monday claimed responsibility for Thursday's grenade attack on the French Embassy in Athens, injuring a police officer on duty.
In a long statement posted on anarchist website Indymedia, the group explains the reasons...