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The Athens center has shut down due to three different protest rallies organized. Traffic has ground to a standstill in central regions so that protestors could make their way to Greek Parliament. They gathered in thousands in what so far looks to be a peaceful protest.

Greek conservative lawmaker, George Koumoutsakos, suffered facial bruises but did not need to be hospitalized after being beaten by suspected far-right activists during a protest on Thursday.

New Democracy’s MP Giorgos Koumoutsakos was fiercely attacked by a group of extremists.

A member of the Troika’s entourage got stuck in an elevator in Athens when he left the building of the State’s General Accounting division Tuesday! According to reports, just after 2 pm while talks between the Troika and Greek officials were in progress, a Belgian technocrat, along with a female colleague took the elevator, but got stuck between the first and second floors.

The Islamic State released a video on Sunday that showed the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. Hours after the release, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned that his country would respond to the deaths.

The five-minute video showing the deaths has been confirmed as authentic. It appeared on the Twitter feed of a pro-Islamic State website.