Greece Riots

Greek Youths Throw Fire Bombs At Police

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 01.18.2009 | World


ATHENS, Greece — Masked youths set up burning barricades and threw fire bombs and chunks of marble at riot police Thursday, after a protest marc...

Greek Youths Break Into State TV Center, Broadcast Protest Message

Huffington Post | Posted 01.16.2009 | World


***UPDATE*** 6:25PM Fox News reports that rioters in Greece are using lasers to combat police: A gang of masked protesters attacked the Greek riot po...

Greek Protests Enter Week Two: Thousands Surround Athens Police HQ (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 01.15.2009 | World


Youths protested outside of Athens' main police headquarters on Monday, pelting riot police with flour and other objects to protest the shooting death...

Greece Riots: All You Need To Know (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.12.2009 | World


Greece has been rocked by riots and protests for the past seven days. They have caused the worst destruction in 25 years sparked by a controversial s...

Greek Prime Minister Calls For An End To 'Acts Of Blind Violence'

Athens News Agency | Posted 01.12.2009 | World


BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA - M. Spinthourakis) Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, on Friday, said he was satisfied with the decisions reached by European leader...

Unrest Spreads Across Europe, Greece Riots Could Be Trigger

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 01.11.2009 | World


MADRID, Spain — The unrest that has gripped Greece is spilling over into the rest of Europe, raising concerns the clashes could be a trigger for...

GREECE RIOTS: 10,000 Strike Economic Policies As Fresh Clashes Break Out

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 01.10.2009 | World


ATHENS, Greece — Five days of rioting that saw bands of youths marauding through the streets has shocked a generally tolerant Greek public and l...

Greece Update: Riots Break Out During Teen's Funeral, Opposition Leader Calls For Early Elections

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


ATHEN, Greece — Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday, in an explosion of rage triggered by the pol...

Greek Airports Will Strike As Riots Continue

Telegraph | Oliver Smith | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


Hundreds of flights to and from Greece have been cancelled ahead of a 24-hour strike by air traffic controllers. The planned walk-out follows a thi...

Riots In Greece Out Of Control, Worst Destruction In Decades

Ekathimerini.com | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


Destruction in central Athens reached levels not seen for decades as rioting that followed the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a police officer conti...

Massive Riots Cripple Greece's Main Cities

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


ATHENS, Greece — Gangs of youths smashed their way through central Athens and Thessaloniki on Monday, torching stores and buildings after the fa...