Rampage in upscale Athens shopping district

A group of 30 to 50 youths rampaged through the upscale Athens shopping district of Kolonaki earlier this morning, smashing shop windows belonging to banks and multi-national chains and damaging luxury cars (click...

Greek protests resume after holiday lull

Thousands of students and other groups took to the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki yesterday to protest the present Greek government and its policies. (Click here to see video of the march in Thessaloniki which...

Greece sees in New Year with clashes and arson attacks.

After a brief interlude over the Christmas holidays the clashes sparked off by the death of a 15 year old teenager at the hands of the police on 6th December continued shortly after midnight.     ...

Social media and the Greek uprising

One of the most striking features of the recent series of revolts, rebellions and riots in Greece over the last few weeks has been the use of social media to relay events to a wider audience. What has been...

Greek protests take more violent turn

A coach carrying 19 members of the Greek riot police came under fire this morning at 5.50am just outside the unit's headquarters in the Gouda district of Athens. According to the state run NET TV channel the...

Greek riot police fight to defend Christmas tree

Two weeks on and the anti - government protests sparked off by the killing of 15 year Alexis Grigoropoulos at the hands of a police officer in the Exarchia district of Athens continue unabated. Today riot police went...

Greek protesters occupy National Theatre, Athens

Just minutes after the curtains went up, demonstrators seized the stage of the National Theatre, Athens yesterday evening and read out a prepared statement demanding the immediate release of all those arrested in...

Greek riots reveal deep seated social problems

Many people across the world have been shocked by the scale of violence witnessed over the last 13 days in Greece. Scenes of intense confrontations with the police and a level of destruction that you normally...