Exarchia

Two Greek police officers were lightly injured on Thursday night after attacks by anarchist groups in the Exarchia area in central Athens. According to the Hellenic Police, a little before 10:00 pm a group of about 30 people wearing hoods...

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...

Once again violence erupted in the capital last night when hooded youth threw petrol bombs at riot police stationed in the Exarchia district of Athens. The incident took place around 10:30 pm at the intersection of Patision and Tositsa Streets and...

More attacks by self-styled anarchists on riot police in the Athens district of Exarchia took place late Saturday and early Sunday morning, authorities have reported. The attacks involved the anarchists hurling firebombs at the riot police who were stationed at...

Youth led anti-establishment groups clashed with police Saturday night in Athens Exarchia District. The group's weapons of choice included stones and petrol bombs. Police were armed in riot gear while no injuries were reported. Twelve people were detained during the scuffle....

In Exarchia, central Athens, Hellenic Police have registered 59 violent attacks by anarchist groups against them in the first four months of the year, or 15 hits per month. The favorite target of anti-authoritarian groups is the PASOK offices on...

On Friday night, masked individuals threw Molotov cocktails into a platoon of police officers guarding the offices of the PASOK political party in Exarchia in central Athens. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Friday evening and resulted in two...

Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas on Thursday said that there are no new terrorist organizations and that the recent policeman shooting was in retaliation to the arrest of Paula Roupa. Toskas spoke on Skai television refusing that there is a...

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...

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...