An attempt by the far-right Golden Dawn party to hand-out food to Greeks only in Athens, in defiance of a municipal ban, degenerated with the city’s mayor saying a party member tried to punch him and draw a gun. The punch missed its target, landing instead on a 12-year-old girl, Greek media said.
Thursday 23 December 2010
Panathinaikos have been handed a two-game supporters ban by the Greek Super League after fans chased the players off the pitch and pelted them with missiles following a surprise home defeat at the weekend.
Thursday 16 December 2010
Protesters clashed with riot police across Athens yesterday, torching cars, hurling petrol bombs and sending Christmas shoppers fleeing during a strike against austerity measures.
Wednesday 15 December 2010
A new general strike hit Greece today, grounding flights and disrupting hospital and transport services as unions protested against freshly approved labour reforms amid painful austerity and rising unemployment.
Tuesday 07 December 2010
Greek police clashed with youths hurling petrol bombs in Athens yesterday during protests to mark the anniversary of the 2008 police killing of a teenager that triggered the country's worst riots in decades.
Tuesday 07 December 2010
Young people hurled petrol bombs at police in Athens yesterday during protests to mark the anniversary of the 2008 police killing of a teenager that triggered the country's worst riots in decades.
Friday 03 December 2010
Clashes break out in Athens as students from across demonstrate against education reforms.
Sunday 07 November 2010
Homa Katouzian's vast history relies mainly on one argument: that what we know as Iran has always been an unstable, fluctuating state, with revolts "a familiar feature"; mainly because, historically, when kings ruled, royal legitimacy "lacked a firm legal basis", so anyone with a big enough army could take charge.
Friday 05 November 2010
The shining names of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Archimedes have left a permanent mark in the annals of human civilization". These are not my words, but those of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and they are unarguably persuasive. Not a bad achievement for a thinker who, in the case of Socrates, left behind not a single unquestionably self-authored word.
Tuesday 02 November 2010
Angela Merkel's spokesman says that a suspicious package intercepted in the mailroom of her office was personally addressed to the German chancellor and "would have been able to harm people."
Tuesday 02 November 2010
A bomb exploded at the Swiss embassy in Athens today and police found suspect packages at two other embassies, in the latest wave of parcel bomb attacks in the Greek capital.
Monday 01 November 2010
A record number of people took part in the Athens classic marathon yesterday to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the fabled run that inspired the modern event.
Monday 11 October 2010
A Greek policeman was convicted of murder on Monday for the shooting of a teenager in central Athens that sparked nationwide riots in 2008.
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