Greek Civil War

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The Thessaloniki Courthouse was evacuated on Monday following the discovery of a suspicious package, according to local media reports.

The bomb disposal unit of the Greek Police (ELAS) has been dispatched to the scene.

As of now, no further information is available.

"History is never a closed book or a final verdict. It is forever in the making… The great strength of history in a free society is its capacity for self-correction." (Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr, "Folly's Antidote," editorial in The New York Times, January 1, 2007)

Students and police forces engaged in a tense standoff, which at times spilled over, on Friday outside a hotel in Kavouri on the southern coast of Athens where a meeting of university deans was taking place. 

Some 800 students were protesting against the establishment of private universities. 

An officer of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and breach of duty by the ELAS Internal Affairs unit. 

A private businessman was also arrested and charged with extortion and violation of drug legislation. 

According to an ELAS announcement on Tuesday, the officer demanded bribes not to carry out inspections on certain businesses. 

The Greek government had decided to replace the large committee with a smaller 7-member team, a decision that was taken back

The Greek Communist Party (KKE) said on Monday that "fascists" had vandalized the entrance to the premises of a foundation in the Athens suburb of Aghios Dimitrios which offers shelter and care to veterans of the National Liberation Front (EAM) - the movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II.

It's quite tragic that, 75 years after the Greek civil war, we have reached the point where prominent resistance leader Aris Velouchiotis is a central "figure" in an electoral campaign. As a country we had a hard time putting all that behind us.

Resistance fighter, lawyer and writer Vardis Vardinoyiannis died on Wednesday, aged 97.

Vardinoyiannis had joined and played a leading role at the Cretan Resistance in the Second World War, fought in the Greek Civil War and joined the resistance during the military dictatorship of 1967-1974.

Polish journalist Dionisios Sturis wondered recently what it was that attracted him to cover the journey that refugees from Syria made through Greece. He concluded that it was the "refugee gene," as he calls it, that he carries.