Civil disobedience

A Turkish court on Aprtil 11 acquitted HSBC Turkey chief executive Selim Kervancı of a charge of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by retweeting a video on social media at the time of Gezi Park protests in 2013.

A 31-year-old soccer fan that attended the abandoned local derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic Stadium on Sunday has lot his sight in his left eye after being hit in the face with a baton by riot police, according to reports on Tuesday. 

The union of Greek hospital workers, POEDIN, was on Monday staging the latest in a series of four-hour work stoppages, demanding pay for arduous and hazardous professions and accusing the government of trying to suppress trade unionism.

Monday's walkout, which started at 11 a.m. and was to run through 3 p.m., was expected to disrupt services at state hospitals.

Riot police spray tear gas at a group of educators and unionists during a protest rally in downtown Athens, on Monday. Similar clashes between riot squad officers and teachers at a rally on Friday have strained relations between the union representing police officers, who were accused of using excessive force, and the citizens' protection minister.

A group of hooded individuals attacked Athens's riot police headquarters in Kesariani on Tuesday afternoon, hurling firebombs towards the building.

No injuries or damages were immediately reported.

Protesters threw homemade firebombs and chunks of concrete smashed off buildings and pavements against riot officers in downtown Athens on Thursday, during a march marking the 10th anniversary of the deadly shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos by an off-duty policeman in the central Exarchia district.

A Turkish court has ruled for the arrest of actor Mehmet Ali Alabora, who is accused by prosecutors of plotting to overthrow the government during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

Security police on Friday arrested a man in northern Athens for whom they had information that he was impersonating a police officer.

Officers who searched the suspect's house in Neo Psyhico discovered a police hat, a leather wallet with a police badge inside and photos of the suspect dressed in police uniform.

As a wave of sit-ins against Greece's name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) sweeps across the country exposing social divisions and evolving into a focal point of opposition between political parties, about 1,200 high school pupils Thursday marched through the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to public nuisance charges over their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for opposition in the semi-autonomous city shrinks under an assertive China,reports AFP.