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Tension, tear gas, flash grenades: this was the cocktail being served up in the central Athens district of Koukaki on Wednesday morning, as police launched a three-pronged operation to clear three squatted buildings in the area. When the squatters defied police orders to vacate the buildings, police fired flash grenades …

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Minister for Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, has issued an …ultimatum for those occupying squats: they have 15 days to evacuate them. In a statement, the Minister calls for the evacuations of the squats and notes that in the case of asylum seekers residing in these occupied buildings, they should be …

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150 refugees and migrants, among them 30 babies and children, were removed from two squats close to Acharnon Avenue near Vathis Square in downtown Athens on Thursday morning. In a coordinated police operation that started short after 6 o’ clock in the morning, 150 refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan …

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Following the big police operation in Exarchia on Monday, evicted migrants landed in provisional accommodations or are awaiting to be deported. There were 143 people living in two squats under dangerous health conditions. Of them there were  57 men, 51 women and 35 minors. They came to Greece from Iran, …

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A group of anarchists stormed the cathedral in Thessaloniki and interrupted the  mass on Sunday morning. They shouted insults, threw leaflets and quarreled with priests and members of the parish. The priest of the church came out to speak with the protesters who reportedly pushed him away with their hands. …

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Strong police forces entered the squat in Kypseli district of Athens at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and detained the eight women and the six men who were inside the building at the time of police intervention.  The deployment on riot police squads was aiming to prevent expressions of solidarity by other anti-authoritarian …

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