Exarcheia has long been a nucleus of radical intellectual thought and anarchist activity, and it is not welcoming to police. Residents have plastered the area with anti-cop slogans, politically ...

In an orgy of collective punishment the Greek police unleashed a brutal attack on Exarcheia, after the end of yesterday's protest march, destroying shops and social centres, evacuating a squat at ...

Exarcheia has long been a symbol of opposition to the establishment. It was here that, in 1973, the Athens Polytechnic uprising took place, when students demonstrating against the dictatorship ...

It was also in Exarcheia where, on December 6, 2008, 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot and killed by a police officer. For days, the center of Athens was ablaze, with the youth ...

Exarcheia, earthier, rowdier and far more chaotic, is just as much part of Greece’s soul. Uprisings and protests It was here in 1973 that a massive student uprising led to the overturn of the military ...

Exarcheia was raided about a week ago, on August 26, in one of the most forceful police interventions to date. Several refugees and asylum seekers have been evicted from the squats where they were ...

Murderous attack with hand-grenade at the Migrants’ Haunt Last night, February 24, at around 10.05 pm “persons unknown” threw a hand grenade at the Migrants’ Haunt at Tsamadou Street in Exarcheia, the ...

Athens (AFP) – The historic Athens district of Exarcheia has been a famed anti-establishment haven to some and a hideout for firebomb-wielding anarchists and drug dealers to others. Now two ...

Exarcheia was anything but quiet during its glory years. In the 1960s, this haunt of artists, anarchists and leftist intellectuals sprouted a powerful wave of student activism at the university.

Exarcheia has long been a symbol of opposition to the Establishment. It was here that, in 1973, the Athens Polytechnic uprising took place, when students demonstrating against the dictatorship ...