Exarchia

The home of Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris came under attack on Tuesday evening, as unknown assailants hurled rocks and makeshift firebombs at a security detail posted in front of the politician's apartment block.

The property is located in the downtown district of Exarchia and has been attacked in a similar manner on at least two occasions since the start of the year.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Friday expressed concern about a recent spike in illegal activities by self-styled anarchists and hit out at the government for failing to curb the phenomenon, accusing it of "surrendering Athens to a wretched minority who aim to become a state within a state."

A screening of the film "Remains of the Day" on the grounds of the National Archaeological Museum on Wednesday night, part of the 8th Athens Open Air Film Festival, was interrupted due to clashes involving self-styled anarchists in the Exarchia district, the festival organizers said in a statement.

Athens police found guns and thousands of euros in cash on three suspects arrested during a brawl involving some 10 men on Mavromataion Street in the downtown district of Exarchia in the early hours of Wednesday.

A worker at Greece's Parliament has been identified as being among nine Greek and two foreign suspects arrested in downtown Athens on Friday morning over an attack on a riot police unit in the Exarchia district, according to police sources.

The district of Exarchia was disrupted yet again by clashes between self-styled anarchists and riot police late Friday night.

According to reports, a group of individuals showered a riot police unit on the corner of Patision and Tositsa Streets with Molotov cocktails. The ensuing clashes last for about two hours.

No arrests or injuries were reported.
 

The Greek Police on Monday responded to accusations of using undue force by taking a teenager who was injured in a botched escape to hospital in handcuffs, saying it was for his own safety.

Firefighters have successfully managed to free citizens and employees trapped in a tax department building in the district of Exarchia in dowtown Athens, after a fire broke out shortly before 11.30 am.

Self-styled anarchists clashed with police in the broader district of Exarchia on Wednesday, for the third night in a row, in the wake of a court ruling rejecting an appeal for release by a jailed terrorism convict.

Wednesday's upheaval occurred shortly before 10 p.m. when a group of hooded youths hurled Molotov cocktails at a police unit in the area.

Extensive clashes with police forces took place in the district of Exarchia, Athens, overnight when groups of anti-establishment activists threw molotov bombs and rocks against police units and lit garbage bins on fire.