Locals are angry, asylum seekers are exhausted. Both groups have reached the limits of their patience. Residents of the village Moria symbolically occupied the building of the General Secretariat of the Aegean & Islands Policy on Tuesday morning as a response to the unprecedented incidents and protest by asylum seekers …
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Anarchists smash shop windows in solidarity with hunger-striker, police detains …tourists
A group of unknown assailants smashed the windows of several shops on Ermou street, the most commercial street in downtown Athens off Syntagma square and the Parliament. The attack took place short after 2 0′ clock on Wednesday morning, the group caused damage to more than ten shops in the …
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Eldorado Gold miners raid and occupy Development Ministry (videos)
A group of ten workers at the Eldorado Gold mines managed to bypass police and entered the Development and Environment Ministry in Athens on Wednesday morning. Miners clashed with riot police when a larger group attempted to enter the ministry. Police made limited use of teargas. The 150 workers had …
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Athens: Anti-austerity police protesters against riot police VIDEO
Tension between protesters from police, fire brigades and coast guard on one side and riot police on the other side broke out short after 8 o’ clock in the evening on Wednesday when the angry protesters tried to break the police cordon and enter the Greek Parliament. Riots policemen and …
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SYRIZA vs SYRIZA: Ruling Party against Government for refugees’ evacuation from occupied buildings
Greece’s ruling party SYRIZA condemned a decision of the SYRIZA-Indepenten Greeks government to have police raid and evacuate three buildings in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The buildings were occupied by anti-authoritarians and members of Solidarity movement who had settled refugees and migrants there. “Criminalizing solidarity projects is a method that has …
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Athens: Tax officers occupy the … Finance Ministry!
A group of some 70 tax officers has been occupying the Greek Finance Ministry in downtown Athens since 8 o’ clock in the morning. The occupation reportedly aims to protest that the General secretariat of Public Revenues turns into an “independent authority.” This morning I heard on Greek TV that …
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Leftists occupy EU diplomatic representation over Refugee Crisis
Members of Left Unity occupied the diplomatic representation of the European Union in downtown Athens. Their goal was to protest the EU policy that turns Greece into a huge refugee camp but also the policies of austerity. Former SYRIZA ministers Panagiotis Lafazanis and Dimitris Stratoulis were heading the group of …
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Farmers intensify protests, close highways & customs, refuse dialogue with government
Dozens of protesting farmers occupied tax offices in Lamia and Arta in Central and Western Greece, and Chania on the island of Crete, hindering employees from entering their work place. Two days before the general strike on Thursday, the farmers have intensified their protests and close to traffic Greece’s main …
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ERT shut down – occupying journalists on air
Live stream: journalists and technicians occupying Greece’s public broadcaster ERT. In Greek. Displays also footage from the big protest outside. Digital transmission was cut by the Greek government at 11:15 pm Tuesday June 11th 2013. Analog transmission is still possible. If it stops, please, refresh page. UPDATE: For ERT Live stream …
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Athens: Employees get control over Greek public broadcaster ERT
Personnel at Greece’s state broadcasting company ERT allegedly took control of the building after Samaras’ government decided to close it and lay off hundreds of employees. According to Greek media reports, the employees decided to occupy the building on a 24-hour basis after prime minister Antonis Samaras decided to close …
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Labour Ministry occupation: Communist unionists clash with police, 40 detainees, 3 injured
Teargas was fired and unionists were beaten outside the Labour Ministry in downtown Athens when riot police moved to ‘free’ the ministers’ office symbolically occupied by members of Greek Communist Party (KKE) union PAME. Video: riot police carries protester outside the ministry video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Around 10.30 in …
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Athens: PPC Unionists Occupy Environment Minister Office
A riot police squad was called at the 6th floor of the Environment Ministry on Wednesday afternoon, as the PPC-unionists who had locked George Papaconstantinou in his office did not show a sign of surrender. A large group of unionists form GENOP-DEH, the Greek Public Power Company, had “occupied” the office …
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“Indignant” Greeks Return to Syntagma Sq on Jan 15/12
After months of silence “indignant Greeks” will return to Syntagma and occupy the Square opposite of the Greek Parliament. With the slogan “No, I Won’t Shut UP!” Greeks will take it back to the streets on Sunday, January 15th, 2012 at 6 pm. They will protest the economic and political stalemate in the …
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Operation “Block the Troika” – Greek CSs “Occupy” Ministries (pcts, video)
Hundreds of civil servants ‘occupied’ several ministries since the early morning hours and hindered government officials but also Troika representatives to enter the buildings in order to protest wages cuts and ‘labour reserve’. Currently nine ministries, among others these of health, justice, interior, finance, are formally blocked, while the civil …
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