Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Greek farmers armed with shepherd’s crooks fight police over tax hikes

Greek farmers armed with shepherd's crooks and stones fought riot police in a violent protest against tax hikes outside the Ministry of Agriculture in Athens.
More than 1,000 farmers, many of whom had traveled overnight from the island of Crete took part in the protest while police used tear gas and stun grenades and arrested at least three people.
As protesters are angry at increases in their tax and social security contributions, a number of farmers smashed windows of two police buses and burned a flag of the ruling party SYRIZA.
Athens, Greece, 08 March 2017.


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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Le printemps

Springtime flowering almond trees shot in the center of Athens, Greece.
1 March 2017.


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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Greece: Welcome rally for the reception of refugee elementary students

Parents, students and local authorities warmly welcomed 27 refugee children at the 15th Public Elementary School of Nikaia, Athens suburb in Greece .
The children went to the school as part of the new Host Structures for the Refugee Education school program, under the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
Piraeus, Greece 31 January 2017.


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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Greece: Demonstration in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington

Hundreds of women took part in the Women's March in front of the US Embassy in Athens, raised placards and shouted slogans against Donald Trump and against policies of bigotry, xenophobia, racism and hate.
Protest rallies were held in over 30 countries around the world in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington in defense of press freedom, women's and human rights following the official inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America in Washington, DC, USA.
Athens, Greece, 21 January 2017.



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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Demonstrations in Greece on anniversary of student killing by police

The massive demonstrations in Athens to mark the eighth anniversary of the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police, turned violent on Tuesday night.
The annual march to commemorate the incident has drawn thousands of anti-establishment and anti-austerity protesters.
About 3,000 police officers were deployed to monitor the demonstrations.
Exarcheia, the district where the teen boy was murdered, was turned again into a battlefield.
Riot Police run through flames caused by Molotov cocktails, firecrackers and also butane canister bombs.
Around 30 people were detained or arrested.
Grigoropoulos was 15-years-old when he was killed in 2008 by two police officers. His death resulted in large protests throughout Greece, and solidarity demonstrations around the world.
Athens, Greece, 6 December 2016.


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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thousands march in Athens to mark 1973 student revolt

As many as 16,000 people march to the US embassy in homage to the victims of Athens Polytechnic uprising, a bloody revolt staged by students against Greece's military junta in 1973.
The protesters held banners and shouted anti-American slogans, decrying US support for Greek junta, while a line of police vans ranged in front of the embassy building.
 Street battles broke out outside Athens Polytechnic University between anarchists and Greek police after the demonstration.
The rioters  burned a Greek flag and attacked police with petrol bombs, flares and stones while Riot police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Thirteen people  were arrested and five were detained.
Athens Greece, 17 November 2016.

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Χιλιάδες κόσμου στη μεγάλη πορεία για την εξέγερση του Πολυτεχνείου.
Με την πορεία προς την αμερικανική πρεσβεία κορυφώθηκαν οι εκδηλώσεις μνήμης για την 43η επέτειο εξέγερσης του Πολυτεχνείου, όπου σύμφωνα με την Αστυνομία, συμμετείχαν συνολικά 16.000 άτομα.
Οδομαχίες με τα ΜΑΤ ξέσπασαν στην Αθήνα μετά το πέρας της πορείας όπου, έγιναν 13 συλλήψεις. Αναρχικοί και αντιεξουσιαστές  στην διασταύρωση Πατησίων και Στουρνάρη έκαψαν μια ελληνική σημαία πετώντας πέτρες, αντικείμενα και μολότοφ. Απέναντί τους στήθηκε πλήθος από αστυνομικούς και ΜΑΤ που απάντησαν με χημικά και βόμβες κρότου λάμψης.
Αθήνα 17 Νοεμβρίου 2016.










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