October 21, 2018
Very Mix
Unknown perpetrators attacked the Canadian Embassy in Athens with sledgehammers and paint early Sunday morning. A group of some 10 people who were wearing hoods broke glass windows with sledgehammers, hurled black and red paint and fled. They left behind two sledgehammers. The attack took place at 6:10 a.m. According …
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October 18, 2018
environment
Urgent maintenance works on the construction and retaining walls channeling the river of Ilissos underground will disrupt the operation of the Athens Tram for an unspecified period of time. Starting on Friday, October 19th 2018, the Tram will no longer operate up to end station <Syntagma> but will halt at …
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October 16, 2018
Very Mix
Four police officers were injured when anarchists attacked the police station of Omonia in downtown Athens on Monday evening. It was around 9 o’ clock, when some 50 people wearing hoods and helmets started to throw stones and molotov cocktail bombs first at a police van and then at several …
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October 6, 2018
Very Mix
A robbery in a jewelry shop in one of the most vibrant avenues in downtown Athens takes place in early Friday evening. The three robbers wear hoods and enter the well-known shop at 7:30 p.m. An employee screams, a robber holds out to hit her. Two robbers fill bags they …
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October 5, 2018
Social
It was short before 4 0′ clock Friday afternoon when a man climbed up to a 15-meter high sculpture in Omonia Square in downtown Athens and threatened to jump. Fire Service and an ambulance rushed to the spot. One police negotiator was assigned to persuade the man to give up …
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October 3, 2018
Very Mix
The head of European Parliament information office in Athens has been suspended from duty amid an anti-fraud probe by the EU Anti-Fraud office OLAF. Together with Leonidas Andrikopoulos, suspended were reportedly also two other employees whose names and nationalities were not made public. The case was confirmed by Marjory van …
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October 2, 2018
animals
Marches for animal rights are been organized every year in many cities across the globe. This year’s march in Athens is scheduled on October 6th 2018. Below is a press release and a video we received by the organizers, the Ethos & Empathy organization: For the last couple of years, …
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September 27, 2018
Social
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos may had managed to escape the worst from the fierce kicks by a jeweler and his friend last Friday, but he did not escape further abuse in the hands of policemen. The Ministry of Public Order and the Greek Police ordered on Friday disciplinary investigation …
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September 24, 2018
Very Mix
Foliage made of solid plastic has been ‘nicely’ decorating the fence in a part of a public Park in the center of Athens. Meter-long plastic leaves have been installed along the fence of the courtyard of the historical Oikonomidis building once the most prominent summer theater stages in the Greek …
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September 24, 2018
Social
A group of Rouvikonas anarchists ‘raided’ a Church during the Sunday mass to protest the halting of charity services to homeless and needy. Some 15- to 20 people entered the Church of Agios Nikolaos at 9 o’ clock Sunday morning and started to chant slogans. They left and soon after …
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September 23, 2018
Archeology, Culture
An Ancient Roman Tomb is located in a place one would never thought it would: inside a department store in downtown Athens. I must say right away: I had no idea that such treasuries exist in our stores. Archaeological ruins are scattered throughout the capital of Greece especially in its …
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September 22, 2018
Social, Video GRID
A shocking case of self-redress in downtown Athens in the middle of the day. Two men beat to death a drug-addict who attempted to rob a jewelry shop in Omonia Square in the center of Greek capital. A video shows the ‘thief’ coming out of the jewelry shop. He is …
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September 19, 2018
Greece, Politics
Alternate Minister for Public Order Katerina Papakosta plans to send the bill for material damages caused by Rouvikonas to the anarchists themselves. Attacks conducted by Rouvikonas largely harm the image of the country but what they do are misdemeanor crimes, she added. In an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday, …
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September 16, 2018
Social
The Metropolitan Community Clinic Elliniko is in urgent need of milk for babies and infants as well as of diapers. ” Unfortunately we are in difficult position to ask for your help for one more time, the Metropolitan Clinic writes in a statement issued on Sunday, September 16th 2018. The …
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September 14, 2018
Tourism
Nine years after the abolition of touristic buses operating through the cultural monuments in the Greek capital, the Athens Transport Organization said it is planning to relaunch the routes. The plan foresees two routes that will be called “cultural” and not “touristic” as in the past. One route will operate …
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September 12, 2018
Arts, Culture
The prosecutor in Athens has filed criminal charges against two women suspected of dousing oil at artifacts in Greek museums. They are charged for violation of the Law for Protection of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage. Caught in action on Sunday, they could go to trail today, however, the court postponed …
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September 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
The U.S. is looking to further expand its military presence in Greece, including increasing access for US aircraft and ships and joint exercises, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford told reporters during his visit in Athens on Tuesday. However, the US is not seeking for a large …
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September 4, 2018
Tourism
Greek airlines Aegean has announced the suspension of flight to and from Tehran effective as of October 11th 2018. The suspension is temporary, the airlines said and added “The company is forced to temporarily discontinue this route due to foreign exchange bank restrictions that affect its viability.” In the statement …
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September 2, 2018
Politics, Refugees
With central slogans “Sea-rescue is not a crime” and “Build bridges not walls” refugees and solidarity groups gathered at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Saturday afternoon. Protesters were wearing orange t-shirts, the official color of the campaign against the criminalization of sea rescues and the anti-migration policy in some …
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August 27, 2018
Social
Death toll from Athens wildfires rose to 97 after another injured died in the hospital on Monday morning. The number of people who died in the hospitals is 14, the Fire Service said in a statement adding that the identified dead in the fire areas were 83. According to media …
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