The northern port of Thessaloniki is hosting the EuroPride parade on Saturday evening, marking the end of a 10-day celebration of the LGBTQI community, with events that ranged from the awareness-raising and political to the fun.
The northern port of Thessaloniki is hosting the EuroPride parade on Saturday evening, marking the end of a 10-day celebration of the LGBTQI community, with events that ranged from the awareness-raising and political to the fun.
Hundreds gathered in Syntagma Square on June 15 to celebrate Athens Pride 2024. The LGBTQ+ community and other participants donned rainbow-colored clothing, elaborate makeup, and unique outfits, creating a vibrant atmosphere.
Workers from more than 70 addiction prevention centers across the country staged a rally in Athens on Wednesday evening to protest a draft law proposed by the Health Ministry, which they say threatens the future of their services.
Hundreds of Greek workers marched through central Athens on Wednesday to demand pay rises that would bring their salaries close to the European average and to protest over the war in Gaza.
The center of Athens will be mostly closed to traffic on Wednesday (May 1) due to announced rallies related to Labor Day.
Οut of the 315 rallies held in Athens since the beginning of the year, only 140 were officially notified to the authorities as required by law, according to data from the Greek Police (ELAS).
Emergency traffic measures will be implemented in downtown Athens, starting at noon on Thursday, due to a rally that to be held by student associations and educational unions against the bill for the establishment of private universities.
More traffic grief is expected in central Athens on Friday as roads will gradually become impassable from 11a.m. until the afternoon-evening hours, with parallel gatherings being planned, on the occasion of the passing of the law on non-state universities and International Women’s Day.
Greek farmers honked their tractor horns in front of parliament on Wednesday after spending the night in central Athens as their protest against rising fuel and production costs stretched into a second day.
Thousands of farmers from throughout Greece drove more than 200 tractors to Athens on Tuesday, intensifying weeks of protests against increasing costs and international competition.
Scores of bright-colored tractors were parked outside Greece’s parliament Tuesday, horns blaring, as thousands of farmers angry at high production costs shifted their protests to Athens.
Students and teachers rallied in central Athens on Thursday to protest against the establishment of private universities in Greece. Despite the rain, protesters gathered at Propylaia and are expected to mark towards the Parliament. Critics of the bill, which sets the terms for foreign, non-profit universities to open branches in Greece and to forge partnerships […]
Student associations are continuing their protests against a government bill allowing the establishment of private universities as of next year, with a new rally scheduled on Monday.
Streets in the center of Athens will be gradually closed off to traffic on Thursday as a protest march against the establishment of private universities got underway.
As farmers announced on Wednesday that they will intensify their protests and blockades of national highways, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mistotakis hinted that the government may part with its, so far, conciliatory tone. More specifically, and for the first time, he sent a stern message to farmers, saying that “no one can blackmail society, no matter […]
Greek farmers and other representatives of the primary sector held a big rally outside the annual Agrotica trade fair in Thessaloniki on Saturday to protest over rising production costs. The farmers – hit by rising costs and crop damage caused by recent floods and wildfires – gathered around the conference center hosting the event to […]