In Greece, Retiree's Suicide Sparks Protests And Clashes With Police
12 years, 11 months ago

In Greece, Retiree's Suicide Sparks Protests And Clashes With Police

NPR  

In Greece, Retiree's Suicide Sparks Protests And Clashes With Police Enlarge this image toggle caption Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images The human toll from the financial crisis in Greece now has a human face. After 77-year-old retired pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas killed himself Wednesday outside the parliament building in Athens, a suicide note he left was reported to say that he felt he must take a "dignified end to my life" because austerity measures and "annihilated all traces for my survival," particularly his pension. The news drew Greeks to Athens' Syntagma Square, and last night "protesters clashed with riot police," the BBC reports. It adds that: "Violence erupted, with petrol bombs hurled at police, who fired tear gas in response."

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Violence erupts during protests in Greece as government challenged in vote over rail disaster
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Violence erupts during protests in Greece as government challenged in vote over rail disaster

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Clashes broke out in Greece’s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament, during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of a deadly rail disaster two years ago. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at the violent protesters and used water cannons when the clashes broke out …

Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash

Hindustan Times  

ATHENS, Greece — Protesters launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece's parliament late Wednesday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives. Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash Scores of youths set fire to trash bins in …

Protests turn violent as Greece’s government battles censure motion over deadly train crash
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Protests turn violent as Greece’s government battles censure motion over deadly train crash

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Protesters launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece’s parliament late Wednesday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives. The fierce clashes erupted hours after opposition parties challenged Greece’s center-right government with a no-confidence motion in parliament. The censure motion — …

Greece: Riots erupt in Athens, Thessaloniki on second anniversary of deadliest 2023 train accident
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Greece: Riots erupt in Athens, Thessaloniki on second anniversary of deadliest 2023 train accident

Live Mint  

Clashes erupted in Athens and other parts of Greece on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks protested on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest train accident. Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done anything to get justice. Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, also witnessed clashes, where …

Violent protests and general strike roil cities across Greece
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Violent protests and general strike roil cities across Greece

LA Times  

Riot police try to avoid the flames from a gasoline bomb outside the Greek parliament during a protest in Athens. Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens on Friday during a massive demonstration marking the second anniversary of Greece’s worst rail disaster that has become …

Demonstrators, police clash as Greece train crash protests resume
2 years ago

Demonstrators, police clash as Greece train crash protests resume

Al Jazeera  

Protesters clashed with police in front of the Greek parliament in Athens amid continuing demonstrations against the government. Clashes have erupted between police and a group of demonstrators outside the Greek parliament in Athens on the fringes of a protest by thousands of students and railway workers over Greece’s deadliest train crash in living memory. Police said 12,000 people had …

Protesters in Istanbul decry migrant deaths on Greek border
3 years, 1 month ago

Protesters in Istanbul decry migrant deaths on Greek border

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The demonstration, organized by Turkish humanitarian groups, saw about …

Greece Protests
12 years, 5 months ago

Greece Protests

India TV News  

Image Source : INDIATV 1/15 Riot police arrest a demonstrator during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception from ordinary Greeks Tuesday when she flew into Athens on her first visit to the country since its debt crisis erupted three years ago. Image Source : INDIATV 10/15 …

Tear Gas, Rocks Fly At Anti-Austerity Protest In Athens
12 years, 5 months ago

Tear Gas, Rocks Fly At Anti-Austerity Protest In Athens

NPR  

Tear Gas, Rocks Fly At Anti-Austerity Protest In Athens Enlarge this image toggle caption John Kolesidis/Reuters /Landov John Kolesidis/Reuters /Landov Riot police in Athens have fired tear gas at protesters who in turn have been lobbing stones and petrol bombs in one of the largest anti-austerity demonstrations to hit the Greek capital in months. Some, says Joanna, are wearing "chains …

Greek Protests Against Austerity Turns Violent
13 years, 5 months ago

Greek Protests Against Austerity Turns Violent

India TV News  

Athens, Oct 19: Furious protesters hurled homemade firebombs, rocks and garbage at police in Athens on Wednesday, as Greek lawmakers prepared to vote on a new batch of budget cuts necessary to stave off a government default. Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on Athens' main square to show their opposition to the austerity plan, chanting: "We can't bleed any …

EU, IMF expected to judge Greece as protests swell
13 years, 9 months ago

EU, IMF expected to judge Greece as protests swell

China Daily  

Global General EU, IMF expected to judge Greece as protests swell Updated: 2011-05-30 09:33 Protesters gather during a rally against a new austerity package at Constitution square in Athens May 29, 2011. Black-hooded youths have been battling police since last year, when the government launched austerity measures under the terms of a 110 billion euro rescue for Greece organised by …

Greek riot police clash with protesters in Athens
14 years, 8 months ago

Greek riot police clash with protesters in Athens

The Hindu  

Greek riot police clashed with protesters marching through the capital Athens on Tuesday against government austerity measures. Riot police, wielding batons, fired tear gas at groups of stone—throwing protesters in front of parliament while thousands of striking private and public sector workers tried to run for cover. Greek workers disrupted rail and road transport and shut down public services across …

Three killed in Greek protests
14 years, 10 months ago

Three killed in Greek protests

The Hindu  

Three people were killed and several injured in a fire at a bank as protests in Greece turned violent on Wednesday. Hundreds of Communists stormed the Acropolis and draped a giant banner reading “Peoples of Europe Rise Up” and raising slogans against the spending cuts. Stock markets continued to tumble across Europe following rumours that Spain had also solicited the …

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