blasphemy

Riot police intervened to break up an angry demonstration of monks, priests and other Orthodox Christians in Thessaloniki on Wednesday evening. The demonstrators attempted to interrupt a play at the Aristoteleion Theatre, which they describe as blasphemous. Wielding poles with Greek...

An appeals court nullified on Thursday a 10-month suspended prison sentence imposed on a Greek blogger who run a satirical webpage titled “Geron Pastitsios” (Elder Pastitsios) for “insulting religion,” ending his five-year legal battle. The court activated article 8 of...