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Woman found dead in apparent suicide at Exarchia
A 55-year-old woman was found dead in the Exarchia district in downtown Athens on Thursday afternoon following a call to police by her partner.
According to authorities, the man alerted police, reporting that his partner was deceased inside their apartment.
Upon arrival, police discovered the woman deceased with injuries indicative of suicide.
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Man found dead in apartment with head injury, suspect detained
A 50-year-old man was found dead inside an apartment in the central district of Exarchia on Thursday morning, police said.
Initial information suggested that the man suffered a head injury, while a hammer and a knife were found next to his body.
The victim was being hosted in the said apartment on Harilaou Trikoupi Street by the 48-year-old house owner, who has been detain.
Police officers attacked with firebombs
Police officers were attacked with four firebombs on Thursday afternoon by a group of unknown assailants.
The attack took place in central Athens' Exarchia district, which is a known anarchist haven, where such incidents are not uncommon.
After the attack, the perpetrators fled the scene.
No injuries or material damage was reported as a result of the attack.
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Ministry refutes bed bug hoax in Athens’ Exarchia district
Greece's Health Ministry on Tuesday dismissed as a "complete lie" an announcement taped to several buildings in Athens' central Exarchia district warning of bed bug infestations.
The announcement appeared on Tuesday morning taped on various buildings along Harilaou Trikoupi and Komninon streets, as well as on Alexandras Avenue.
Athens traffic woes grow as cabbies walk off the job
Athens taxi drivers joined a nationwide cabbies' strike on Tuesday morning and will be off the clock for 48 hours and possibly longer if a contentious tax reform bill delays being voted in Parliament until Thursday.
Three arrested in Athens skirmishes with police
Three people were arrested in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia on Monday night during skirmishes with police on the sidelines of a march in protest at the injury of a 16-year-old girl during clashes that broke out at an anti-fascism concert in the capital's suburb of Neo Iraklio over the weekend.
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Fourth arrest over Varoufakis assault in March
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in relation with the beating of Yanis Varoufakis almost two months ago.
The MeRA25 leader and former finance minister was assaulted at a taverna in the city center district of Exarchia on March 10.
He blamed "hired thugs" for the assault, in which he suffered a fractured nose.
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Varoufakis blames ‘hired thugs’ for assault
Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has blamed "hired thugs" for the assault on him on in an Athens restaurant in which his nose was fractured.
"They were not anarchists, leftists, communists or members of any movement," Varoufakis said in a tweet.
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Small rally held on site of teen's killing in downtown Athens
A group of anti-establishment youths held a protest rally against police violence in the downtown district of Exarchia on Monday evening, a day after the anniversary of the killing of a teenager by a police officer 12 years ago.
Recent arson attacks, violence may be linked to anarchist turf war
Police in Athens are investigating whether a spate of arson attacks on "establishment" targets and a fight involving members of a soccer fan club may be part of an effort by organized anarchist groups to establish new turf in other parts of the city center after being ousted from the downtown district of Exarchia.