Exarcheia

New Democracy MP Vassilis Economou was beaten up by hooded men while having dinner at an Exarcheia restaurant, in central Athens, on Tuesday night. The 47-year-old conservative party lawmaker was with two friends at a bistro in Exarcheia. About 15...

The seventh anniversary of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman was marked with fires and clashes with the police in Athens. The skirmishes started after the end of the protest rally organized by anarchist factions in memory...

The Exarcheia area in central Athens became once again a battleground between police and anarchists early Sunday morning, leaving one Portuguese tourist injured. The riots happened a day before the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a...

As the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman approaches, thousands of police brace for a night of riots and vandalism. The sixth of December of 2008 event triggered the most violent uproar Athens has...

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a warning for potential problems in banking services for travellers to Greece. According to the instructions, visitors to Greece must have with them at least two means of payment such as...

The Exarcheia area in downtown Athens was once again the field of riots as hooded men burned cars, smashed shop windows and vandalized bus stops. The riots started at night after about 1,000 anarchists marched from Monastiraki to Syntagma Square...

The neighborhood of Exarcheia and several major streets in downtown Athens, Greece, looked like they were bombarded after Saturday's riots that marked the sixth anniversary of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos' assassination by a policeman. Burned vehicles and bank ATMs, broken store windows and bus...

Today is the sixth anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman, that triggered the most violent riots Athens has seen in recent years. It was a little before 9:00 on the evening of December 6, 2008,...

Almost the entire Greek Police force of the Attica region will be on alert on Saturday due to the sixth anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos' assassination, the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and the planned parliamentary vote on...

Between 5,000 and 10,000 are estimated those who participated in Tuesday’s demonstration in solidarity with imprisoned 21-year-old anarchist Nikos Romanos, who is on hunger strike since November 10, when his request to study at the Business Administration department of the...