Anarchism in Greece

Episodes broke out at the anarchist hub of Exarheia in Athens at 2 a.m. on Sunday as young people began to throw molotov cocktails at police. One Portuguese tourist who happened to be passing by in a car was catapulted by rocks and has been injured.

The Greek police force is taking action to reinforce security on the December 6 anniversary of seven years since the death of Alexander Grigoropoulos.

The rally for the 42nd anniversary of the student uprise at the Athens Polytechnic ended peacefully in front of the U.S. Embassy at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, however hoodlums kept the “tradition” of burning Exarchia with attacks and other episodes noted in the central suburb that is a hub for anarchists.

Police and demonstrators clashed on Tuesday in front of the Kosovo assembly building in Pristina.

Protesters threw red paint at police, which responded with tear gas. Reuters is reporting that protesters also threw rocks, bottles and petrol bombs "at police and parliament."

The Athens Polytechnic Uprising is typically commemorated with scuffles. The day commemorates Greek students’ resistance against the military dictatorship. It marks the day that Greek tanks broke down the main gate of the Athens Polytechnic, killing students and marking the start of the end of the seven-year dictatorship that had begun on April 21, 1967.

Some 100 youths and young adults were setting fire to trash bins and throwing objects at nearby riot police in central Athens, adjacent to the Athens Polytechnic, early Monday morning — a scene repeated countless of times in the past by self-styled anarchists and anti-state activists taking to the streets.

Around 40 hooded anti-establishment protesters threw petrol bombs and stones at riot police in central Athens on Saturday, setting fire to a trolley bus.

Police fired teargas to try and control the crowd outside Athens Polytechnic University, near the central Exarchia district, a Bohemian quarter popular with artists and left-wing intellectuals.

Greek police launched an investigation on Monday into footage that was posted online showing a young man being forcibly detained by Delta officers in the neighborhood of Exarchia, central Athens.

The probe was ordered by Alternate Minister for Citizens? Protection Yiannis Panousis after the video appeared on the Internet last Friday.

Police forces charged into the university deanery on Panepistimiou Street in downtown Athens on Friday morning after it was occupied for 19 days by anti-state protestors. The move came after last night's episodes at Propylaia, near Exarcheia.

Clashes brought out in central Athens on Thursday afternoon when so-called "anti-state" activists moved towards rally by several thousand miners and supporters in Athens to demonstrate in favor of the investment.