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Farmers from across Greece drove their tractors to Athens on Tuesday, stepping up weeks of protests over rising costs, foreign competition and catastrophic flooding. Dozens of tractors parked in ...
Thousands of people held peaceful protests in Athens and Thessaloniki following the government's decision. [ 15 ] On 7 March, the Athens police reported that when a police patrol entered Nea Smyrni to investigate reports of lockdown violations, they were subsequently attacked by a group of 30 people, injuring 2 officers, leading to the ...
The anti-austerity movement in Greece involved a series of demonstrations and general strikes that took place across the country. The events, which began on 5 May 2010, were provoked by plans to cut public spending and raise taxes as austerity measures in exchange for a €110 billion bail-out, aimed at solving the Greek government-debt crisis.
On Wednesday, 24 December 2008, hundreds of Protesters marched through Athens streets in a peaceful protest. [123] On Thursday, 25 December 2008, in central Athens and the suburb of Palaio Faliron there was a string of arson attacks against banks and car dealerships, causing widespread damage but no injuries. [124]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of workers marched through the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday as part of a 24-hour general strike called by labor unions to protest the rising cost of living and timed to coincide with the government submitting the 2025 budget to Parliament.
More than 15,000 protesters gathered in central Athens Thursday to oppose plans by Greece's conservative government to allow private universities in the country starting next year. The mostly ...
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek farmers drove their tractors out of central Athens on Wednesday after spending the night in front of parliament to protest against rising fuel and production costs. At ...
Greek protests may refer to: Kileler uprising , local farmers engaged in mass protests against the extended privileges of landowners and the limitation of their own rights in Kileler. Anti-austerity movement in Greece , a series of demonstrations and general strikes sparked by plans to cut public spending and raise taxes