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Thirty-Three Arrested, Fifty-Three Detained During November 17 Protests

Thirty-three people were arrested and fifty-three more were detained during protests in the Athens district of Exarchia late on Sunday night, the anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic. Two police officers were injured during...

Pork Barbecue Protest Near Migrant Camp Causes Uproar in Greece

A plan by an anti-migrant group to stage an outdoor party featuring pork and alcohol outside a migrant camp near Thessaloniki on Sunday has caused an uproar in Greece. Parliamentarians clashed over the proposed barbecue and thousands took to social...

Student Protest Turns Violent Once Again in Central Athens (video)

A peaceful protest, this time organized by associations of Greek high school students, turned violent on Monday afternoon when a group of unknown individuals attacked police forces outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. At the exact same spot where similar...

Fresh Clashes Between Leftists and Police Disrupt Traffic in Central Athens

Clashes between leftist students and police seem to have returned to central Athens for good since, for yet another day, the city center of the Greek capital was closed on Thursday, as thousands of students marched against the new,...

Situation on Samos Deteriorates as Migrant Flows Continue to Arrive

The situation on the Greek island of Samos is deteriorating as days go by, due to the huge number of refugees and migrants that have reached the island's shores over the last few months. Following the serious clashes that erupted...

Twelve Detained in Thessaloniki After Anti-Turkish Protest Reaches Ataturk's Home

A total of twelve protesters were detained by Greek police officers on Thursday morning in Thessaloniki and charged with breaking security measures by entering the city's Kemal Ataturk Museum. A Greek anarchist group claimed responsibility for the protest, which included...

Netflix Takes a Stand Against Georgia’s Passage of Anti-Abortion Laws

Ted Sarandos, the Chief Content Officer (CCO) of Netflix, is the only major studio head to take a vocal stand against the new passage of anti-abortion laws in Georgia. Laws restricting or even the outright banning of abortions have been...

Workers in Food Delivery Services Protest in Thessaloniki

The union of workers for the food-delivery industry led a demonstration which took the form of a motorcade down the central streets of Thessaloniki on Monday morning. The union claims that incidents of physical and verbal abuse against the workers in...

Highway That Connects Athens With Thessaloniki Blocked By Farmers

Farmers from across central parts of Greece blocked the main highway that connects Athens with Thessaloniki in the area of Tempi on Saturday morning. In what could be the start of a series of wider protests, the farmers of the...

Thousands Demonstrate in Athens Against Prespa Agreement

Thousands of people descended from every corner of Greece and began gathering at Athens’ Syntagma Square in the early hours of Sunday to participate in a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement. Hundreds of buses were chartered to bring citizens from across...