Amfissa

Teen shooting trial put off until January

The trial of two policemen implicated in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos last December, due to take place in Amfissa, central Greece, on December 15, was yesterday postponed until January 20. Court...

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Officers’ trial up in the air

It was unclear yesterday whether the scheduled trial on December 15 of the two policemen linked to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos last December will take place at a court in Amfissa, central Greece,...

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Tension on labour and prison fronts in Greece

Tension is building up on both labour and prison front in Greece, with 3000 prisoners refusing food across the country, and workers from different sectors staging marches and occupations A week before the official start of the...

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Venue change for police teen shooting trial

ATHENS, Greece ? Citing security concerns, Greece's Supreme Court has changed the venue for the 15 December trial of two policemen over the fatal shooting of a teenager.The 15-year-old's death sparked massive riots in Greek...

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A ‘paramemoir’ on surviving in occupied Greece

Irene Kacandes calls her book, «Daddy's War: Greek American Stories,» a «paramemoir.» Her narrative is many things at once: autobiography, testimony, history and an essay on memory and the meaning of mental trauma. It resembles...

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Greece: Forest Breaks

A holiday in one of the six forest mountain villages developed by the Ministry of Agriculture may be an option for those who love nature and enjoy escaping from stressful urban life. Integrated into the natural environment,...

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Greece: The case of Nikos Kountardas

Nikos Kundardas, a brave anarchist comrade from Greece, is on hunger and thirst strike, demanding his freedom. He is charged with setting a bank on fire, even though the prosecutor has no evidence available.

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Nickos Koundardas on Hunger and Thirst Strike demanding his freedom (EN)

A summary of what has happened up to now and his last letter from the Hospital Ward where he is imprisoned. Please, contribute to the summary in english (or other translations) so we can add more details and begin spreading...

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#53, 19.25: Anarchist Nikos Kountardas on thirst and hunger strike

On Saturday 16 May anarchist Nikos Kountardas was ordered in pre-trial detention under the pretext of his supposed non-abbiding to the bail conditions previously set to him. Nikos had been ordered to appear to his local police...

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