Tag Archives: Athens

Left-wing SYRIZA increases its rate towards Nea Dimokratia in a poll conducted across the country and published five days before the elections on Sunday. At the same time, SYRIZA sweeps in Athens and Thessaloniki, the areas with the biggest electorates. The B’ Athens and in both A’ and B’ Thessaloniki …

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Suspicious activities, traces of wiretapping and eavesdropping have been located in the area where the headquarters of Nea Dimokratia and SYRIZA are located. According to daily TA NEA, mobile phones are been under surveillance with fake base stations, an incident similar to a case revealed last month by Norwegian daily …

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Ten o’ clock sharp Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived at the office of his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras. Οfficially the meeting is taking place in the context of bilateral relations, but Greek and Spanish media notes that the real aim of the visit is to provide support to Samaras, …

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Carrying placards reading “Je suis Charlie” dozens of people paid a tribute to the victims of the satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo”, a days after the massacre that left 12 people dead and 10 injured. The solidarity meeting took place outside the French Institute in downtown Athens. Among the ordinary people …

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Amid the horror Grexit-scenarios being pushed around by the Greek coalition government, the European Commission says “it is working to keep Greece firmly in the eurozone” and thus just a couple of days after EC chief Jean-Claude Juncker blatantly intervened in the Greek politics. EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici …

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Unknown gunmen opened fired at the Israeli Embassy in Psychiko suburb of Athens in the early morning hours of Friday. In a brief statement Greek Police said that “54 bullet casing 7.62mm from Kalashnikov weapons were collected from the attack scene” and “that nobody was injured.” According to Greek media, …

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Metro and Urban Train ISAP station “Omonia” will be closed to public as of 5:30 pm today, Thursday, 11. December 2014. A protest meeting and a rally against “state violence” have been scheduled by demonstrators. The wagons will pass through but passengers will have not possibility to get off or …

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Athens Stock Exchange recorded the biggest crash since 1987! In a storm session and a massive sell off  stocks and shares worth more than 212 million euro changed hands and losses reached short before the session closed at -13.04%. Banks losses reached -18.66% (Piraeus), -19.02% (NationalBank) -12.09% (Eurobank) -16.06% (AlphaBank) …

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Greek Police released a video footage shot by a thermographic camera from a police helicopter on Saturday night. The impressive footage shows the figures of several protesters on the rooftops of apartment buildings in Exarchia district of Athens, the center of riots and clashes on December 6th 2014. The figures …

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Hardly had the Greek Police Administration ordered an internal investigation to identify the riot policeman who kicked and punched a protester in handcuffs on Saturday night and the policeman voluntarily turn up in the headquarters  to give testimony as to why he punched the arrested protester. According to media reports, …

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Unionists of public and private sector unions GSEE and ADEDY as wells as members and supporters of main opposition left-wing SYRIZA and communist union PAME have gathered outside the Greek Parliament to protest the voting of another austerity budget, i.e. Budget 2015. Police closed the traffic around the area.   …

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Saturday night in Exarchia district of Athens, center of clashes between protesters and riot police. A senior bicyclist wants to pass through a riot police squad to reach his home.Police tells him he cannot go for his own protection. But the senior man insists telling police that he is capable …

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Clashes, tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades, petrol bombs, stones, fires in garbage bins, barricades, damages in shops and some cases of looting, detentions, arrests and injuries… these components set the scenery of the protests on Saturday evening in many Greek cities. Demonstrators gathered to commemorate the 6th anniversary of …

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Left-wing SYRIZA MP Yiannis Micheloyiannakis will join the Syrian refugees who are on hunger-strike since a week. The reasons Micheloyiannakis stated for his hunger-strike are mainly anti-austerity and have to do with the voting of Budget 2015 in the Greek Parliament tomorrow, Sunday. In a statement Micheloyiannakis criticized the budget …

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Acclaimed writer Menis Koumantareas was found dead in his home in Kypseli district of Athens. The 83-year-old has been allegedly victim of a crime as his face was bearing bruises and contusions. Greek media report that there were no signs of tampering on the door of Kounantareas apartment located on …

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Unprecedented! In an apparent outburst of uncontrolled brain cells, the President of Attica Taxi Association (SATA) said that taxi drivers cooperating with Uber “should be hanged at Syntagma Square” for being traitors – “Judas” as he called them characteristically. President Thymios Lymebropoulos uploaded his threats on the Facebook page of …

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This year Santa Claus will be dressed in purple. The color of Stray.gr,  the Non-profit-organization for the Protection and Care of Strays (Stray.gr). Lots of new and used -but in good condition – items, educational activities for the children and lottery will be offered during the annual Christmas Bazaar for …

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A “hell” of a weekend lays ahead in downtown Athens and strong security measures are planned not only for the official visit of the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, With hunger-striker Nikos Romanos’ health deteriorating, the 6th anniversary of teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos by a policeman in 2008 and the …

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International Day for people with disabilities and Greeks on wheelchairs moved to the Finance Ministry in downtown Athens in order to protest austerity measures and benefits cuts and increase in prescription medicine participation, the collapse of the welfare state. But… Hey! Riot police decided that people with disabilities could eventually …

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The Judicial Council rejected on Wednesday morning the request of hunger-striker Nikos Romanos to be granted educational furloughs while in prison. With Justice showing a relentless face towards a convict on hunger strike claiming his right to education as foreseen by the law, media reported last night, that coalition government …

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