May 1, 2022
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
With strikes to honor the workers’ struggles to resistance against Nazism and ancient Greeks customs Greeks have 1000+1 reasons to celebrate the first day of May. With slogans for better labor conditions and multicolored flowers wreaths at the house doors. Thousands of private and public sector unionists marched to the …
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September 1, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek hospital workers protest compulsory vaccination on Wednesday as the deadline for unvaccinated health workers expired on September 1 and the first notices of suspension without pay started to be issued. The government move to suspend unvaccinated health workers could send home 8,000 to 10,000 people and drive to desperation …
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July 15, 2021
Greece, Politics
Amnesty International accused Greek police of using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to impose blanket bans on protests and apply excessive force to crush peaceful demonstrations. Street protests are common in Greece, and several have taken place in recent months on issues ranging from a new labour law to …
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March 27, 2021
Refugees
Refugees in the camp in Corinth, northern Peloponnese staged widespread protests on Saturday, following the suicide of a Kurdish asylum seeker. Protesters set up mattresses and other flammable material on fire and threw stones and other items at the fire fighters and police officers who rushed to the camp, local …
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March 24, 2021
Greece, Politics
Four thousand policemen on the streets, traffic restrictions and closed metro stations as well as banning of any schedule protests are the measures Greek Police has taken for the undisturbed course of special events where Greek state leaders and foreign dignitaries will celebrate the Greek Independence Day on March 25 …
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February 23, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike on Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest “suffocating” conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. With around 6,000 deaths, Greece has fared better than much of Europe in containing the pandemic and prevented its health service, battered …
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February 14, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Far-right anti-maskers staged protests against the lockdown restrictions in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras on Sunday. Despite the biting cold, they gathered holding Greek flags, shouting slogans against the “coronavirus-junta” and singing the national anthem. In some cases, police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. In Thessaloniki, protesters gathered at …
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February 10, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With teargas and sound flares Greek police cracked down student protests in Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday. Students, teachers, academics, high school students, parents marched through the cities against the Education bill that provides among others,he presence of police at universities. Thousands of #students protest for yet another week in …
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January 28, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Thousands of students, teachers and parents took to the streets in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities on Thursday to protest a series of what they call “reactionary” and “authoritarian” government measures in education. At the same time they demanded the re-opening of universities that have been closed due to …
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January 21, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis presented on Thursday a police plan for the management of public gatherings and protests. The new so-called “National Plan for the Management of Public Outdoor Assemblies” aims initially to bring Greek Police (ELAS) “in the 21st century” – so the Minister – but also …
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September 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Unwilling to find solutions for the students demanding better anti-coronavirus measures in Greece’s schools, the Education Minister decided to punish them depriving them of school holidays. Minister Niki Kerameos vowed on Wednesday that in schools occupied by protesting students, classes will be held on school holidays, in Saturdays and on …
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September 24, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Wearing masks and holding banners reading “a mask is not enough” thousands of school students marched in downtown Athens on Thursday demanding more and effective measures against the coronavirus pandemic. The students demand smaller class-rooms with maximum 15 students to avoid crowding, the hiring of more teachers and cleaning staff. …
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August 24, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Teachers will return to schools on September 1, while classes are so far scheduled to begin on September 7, Education & Religion Minister Niki Kerameos said on Monday. She added however that the final decision on restarting classes will be announced on September 1, after families have returned from holidays …
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June 29, 2020
Greece
A New Democracy dream will soon come true. The Ministry of Citizen Protection submitted to Parliament a bill to take under control public gatherings. The bill stipulates the establishment of a “Directorate for the Prevention of Violence” , strict penalties and measures to restrict outdoor public gatherings and curb the …
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May 31, 2020
Refugees
Six police officers were injured and five citizens were detained, after residents of Malakasa blocked Athens-Lamia national highway to protest the presence of two refugee and migrant reception centers. According to police protesters tried to break the police chain protecting the camp and threw stones and other objects at the …
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May 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Nursing staff at public hospitals in Greece staged protests on Tuesday on the occasion of the international Nurses Day. Wearing masks and holding banners they gathered at the hospital entrances and pointed out at the chronic problems of the Greek health system. “We have a voice and it will be …
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April 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Police squads in anti-riot gear were sent to Evaggelismos hospital in Athens to disperse a gathering of doctors and nurses on the International World Health Day. The health workers struggling against the coronavirus in the biggest hospital in Greece, were demanding better protection against the virus and the hiring of …
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March 6, 2020
Refugees
Locals in Serres, northern Greece have been staging protests against the government plans to move migrants and refugees who arrived on the islands after March 1 in camps in their areas. In the town of Sintiki, dozens gathered outside the closed military camp Kalergis before down on Friday and set …
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February 4, 2020
Refugees
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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January 31, 2020
Greece
The Greek Parliament ratified the Greece-US cooperation agreement MDCA on Thursday night, with 175 votes for, 33 against, and 80 declaring “present” out of a total of 288 MPs voting. Supporting the Mutual Defence Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) were the parties of ruling New Democracy and Movement for Change (KINAL). Main …
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