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Members of the increasingly active anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) on Friday occupied the premises of the Athens Bar Association, calling for the release of an anarchist currently under house arrest. 

Tony Blair's Institute for Global Change is warning about "the growing populism in Europe."

The think tank of the former British prime minister, and former adviser to the Serbian government, said in a report entitled, "European Populism: Trends, Threats, and Future Prospects," that "populist parties" are rising to power, especially in Eastern Europe, and mentioned Serbia in this context.

To many German Social Democrats it sounds like a monster that will destroy their party if not democracy itself: the GroKo.

Justice is a value Turks from all walks of life and different ideologies have been longing for, according to a survey initiated by the Common Values Movement.

The leftist-led government has decided to go ahead and swallow the bitter pill of foreclosures and changes to legislation governing labor unions. Both of these are leading symbols of the anti-systemic movement that gave rise to ruling SYRIZA and therefore make this new resolve extremely significant.

Sixteen people were being questioned over on Saturday in connection with violent clashes between self-styled anarchists and police on Friday night following a march marking the anniversary of a student uprising against Greece's military dictatorship in 1973.

A petrol bomb explodes among riot policemen during clashes with self-styled anarchists Friday that followed a rally in Athens marking the 44th anniversary of a student uprising against Greece's military dictatorship. Some 10,000 people attended the march, which was peaceful though anarchists later broke away from the crowd and clashed with police.

It took 2.7 billion euros in new taxes and pension cuts for the government to beat the primary surplus target by 1.9 billion euros this year.

Even Public Power Corporation (PPC) looks set to be among the recipients of the so-called social dividend for 2017 - part of the amount above the primary budget surplus target that the government and the country's creditors agreed last week could reach up to 1.1 billion euros.