Tag Archives: Athens

An arson attack against the political office of Marine Minister, Militadis Varvitsiotis (Nea Dimocratia), took place short before 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening in Athens. According to Greek media, a group of people wearing masks threw flammable liquid on the ground floor of the building where Varvitsiotis’ office is located …

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An Athens court ruled the work stoppage to be launched by metro and urban train workers was illegal. Therefore, the metro and the urban train ISAP will operate as usual on October 10th 2013. Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train ISAP will launch a work stoppage from 11 a.m. …

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The judges spoke in the case Akis Tsochatzopoulos and the famous submarines bribes: the former Defense Minister of PASOK received a prison sentence of 20 years. The court imposed the highest sentence for money laundering cases. Tsochatzopoulos has to stay in prison at least seven years. He was arrested one …

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The president of the union of workers in “Sotiria” public hospital in Athens was reportedly caught red-handed with ‘marked’ bank notes. According to Greek media, the unionist had allegedly asked forty to fifty thousand euro from the hospital commander so that the union would refrain from protest strikes. An old …

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Athens bus public transport company fined a ticket dodger with C72 euro for failing to have a valid ticket of €1.20. When caught by ticket controllers, the 31-year-old woman claimed, she was long-term unemployed and she had no money to pay for the ticket. But in the country with 1.4 …

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Personnel at Athens Trolleys will be on work stoppage from 12 o’clock noon until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7th 2013, so that workers can attend a general meeting of their union. The collective bargain, hiring of more personnel,  free transfer for jobless passengers and more frequent schedules will be …

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An Athens Court found former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos guilty on all charges. According to the verdict on Monday morning, Tsochatzopoulos has been found guilty for the offense of money laundering from illegal activity and thus ‘by profession’. Akis Tsochatzopoulo, 74, has been found guilty of having received bribes in …

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It was short after 5 o’clock in the afternoon when Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos entered Korydallos prison in Athens. He faces charges of being the leader of a criminal organization.  In the same vehicle that entered Korydallos prison were GD MP Yiannis Lagos,  GD Nikaia branch head Giorgos Patelis …

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Greek authorities ordered Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos to remand in custody pending trial. After a marathon interrogation that lasted five hours, there was no release on bail for the ‘Greek Fuehrer’. Michaloliakos was taken from Evelpidon court back to police headquarters from where he is due to be transferred …

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“Why were the three Golden Dawn MPs released on bail and not remanded in custody?” This is the sole question puzzling Greeks and foreigners alike, while doubts are also being expresses on whether “the indictment was not watertight enough.” The decision to set three GD MPs free on bail on Wednesday …

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Greek media were surprised to see Ilias Kasidiaris walking out of the Supreme Court building this morning without comment. The Golden Dawn MP is notorious for his loud voice, insutlting comments and verbal attacks, where his hands get very active as well, like in the case where he punched a female KKE …

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Dozens of animal lovers gathered outside the Romanian Embassy in Athens on Monday to protest the despicable law that will allow the killing of thousands of stray animals and thus with the government approval. The protesters lit candles and symbolically carried plush puppies in trash bags. They wore t-shirts reading …

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The six MPs of Golden Dawn arrested over the weekend are being held at the 12th floor of Greek Police headquarters (GADA) in downtown Athens. With exception of MP Christos Pappas, the other five have already spent two nights in cells of the Anti-Terror department. Leader Nikos Michaloliakos is being held in …

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In a huge operation launched by judicial authorities and police, Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos, party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris and several other MPs have been arrested on Saturday morning. Greek media report that a total of 36 arrest warrants against MPs and local branches officials have been issued. The operation …

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A group of people wearing hoods attacked the headquarters of Sunday newspaper and news website Proto Thema in Maroussi suburb of northern Athens. On its website, Proto Thema speaks of a “terrorist” and “fascist attack” and describes the attack as follows: Shortly after 8 pm, a handful of people with …

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A bomb exploded outside the tax office of Kifissia, a noble  suburb in the north of Greek capital Athens. The explosion followed a warning phone call by anonymous perpetrators at newsportal zougla.gr. The device exploded at 4:58 a.m., while the phone call was done at 4:25 a.m. Zougla reports that the perpetrators announced, the blast …

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Clashes between riot police and so-called “anti-authoritarians” erupted in Athens on Wednesday evening, when a group of antifa protesters marched towards the headquarters of extreme-right Golden Dawn in Mesogion avenue. The clashes started when 2,500-3,000 people left the antifa protest outside the Greek Parliament and started marching towards the GD …

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Tension was high at the antifa protest that was taking place at Kalogiron Square outside the metro station “Dafni” in Athens on Friday evening. Some 500 people had gathered to protest the stabbing of left musician Pavlos Fyssas by a member of extreme-right Golden Dawn. Suddenly a young man on …

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More than three million Greek citizens are currently uninsured and consequently have no access to public health care system and medical care. According to Dimitris Kontos, the President of Greek National Health Care system (EOPYY), the national health care system currently serves 6,171,000 people with insurance capacity, while the uninsured citizens …

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Interesting and weird at the same time: a group of men is throwing stones at antifa-protesters. Riot police squads are standing close and watching without interfering. In some cases the men were sought shelter behind the police squads. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Keratsini when thousands of …

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