Syntagma Square

The Greek government's will to find a solution over the 200 Syrian refugees who have been in a sitting protest for the 13th consecutive day in Syntagma square, opposite the Parliament in downtown Athens, and have gone on a hunger...

The protest rally of the Greek Communist Party labor organization PAME was deemed a success as the organizers claim that an estimated 20,000 people filled Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece, on Saturday noon. The organizers said that demonstrators wanted to...

Greek farmers have decided to launch mobilizations on November 1, with their participation in a protest rally called by the PAME labor union in downtown Athens' Syntagma Square, it was announced in a press conference held on Tuesday. They also warned...

Finally, Syntagma Square, the great cultural focal point of downtown Athens in Greece, has been fully restored following years of vandalism and rioting. The last few years of political protest have seen the Square's marble tiles dismantled, its fountains destroyed and...

In 1963, young Matt Barrett traveled with his family to Greece, because his father Nikos Economopoulos had to work as a professor at the University of Athens. They only stayed for one year but then returned in 1968. During...

Syntagma Square was covered in foam within minutes Sunday night, when someone threw soap into the fountain that stands in the middle. Dozens of firemen showed up to stop the bubble bath, but foam kept springing from the fountain. The square had...

It has been two years now since the death of Greek film director Theodoros Angelopoulos. The city of Athens Youth and Sport Organization will screen on Friday, January 24, the film "Athens, Return to the Acropolis" in Syntagma Square, Athens,...

The Federation of Greek Private Employees (OIYE) has decided to strike in response to Sunday store opening. For the upcoming Sunday opening on January 17, OIYE has announced a 24-hour strike covering all of Greece and has called for a...

Thousands of farmers from all over Greece  gathered at Syntagma Square early this morning in preparation of their rally at noon against the government’s controversial  tax bill. The farmers are protesting about the new tax on real estate and...

At 10am, it was expected for the school wardens to reach Syntagma Square. The “marathon runner” march of  Greek school wardens began in Thessaloniki on the 28th of September with slogan “Marathon of Primary surplus, Unemployment, Poverty and Destitution,” ended...