foreign embassies in Athens, Greece

ATHENS/MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Members of the Greek Rouvikonas anarchist group threw paint bombs at the buildings of the French embassy and consulate in Athens in protest at the involvement of Paris in strikes in Syria, local media reported on Sunday. According to the Kathimerini newspaper, at least ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – Members of the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) took to the streets of Athens on Tuesday in protest of the US, British, and French April 13 airstrikes on Syria. Footage shows the protesters as they marched between the Syntagma square, the Embassy of France, the EU ...

You'll see them at your local farmers' market, coffee shop and playground, and also in the waiting rooms of foreign embassies in Athens. Turkish political refugees – academics, high-ranking civil servants, doctors, engineers and sundry other qualified professionals – are a reality, as it is estimated that ...

A protester holds a burning U.S. flag during a rally outside the U.S. embassy in Athens, Saturday, April 14, 2018. Thousands of supporters of the Greek Communist party marched to the embassy during an anti-war rally opposing the military strikes by western countries in Syria. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Protests erupted in parts of the world, including U.S. and Britain, against the U.S.-led missile attack against Syria. The U.S., Britain and France launched joint airstrikes in Syria earlier Saturday in response to a suspected chemical attack on civilians by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.

... the Ministry has summoned Greek Charge d'affaires in Tehran following an attack by an unknown person on an employee of Iran's embassy in Athens. ... in the absence of the ambassador to express Tehran's deep outrage over the attack by an unknown person on a staffer of Iranian embassy in Athens.

The project of renovating the building of the US Embassy in Athens, on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, is underway, the embassy announced on Tuesday. The US administration has contracted US-based Caddell Construction company to renovate and rehabilitate the historic “Chancery” building, designed by ...

Police of Greece detained Russian woman Maria Efimova within the investigation of the case over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Cyprus, BBC reports. The Russian embassy in Athens is checking the information about the detention of Efimova in one of the police departments of the ...

A group of Greek protestors occupied the German consulate in Crete in order to draw attention to the Turkish operation against the Kurdish city of Afrin. The protestors used the consulate communications to send emails and faxes to the Turkish embassy in Athens condemning President Erdogan's operation.

The German embassy in Athens, above, said the area had inadequate signposting. Photo: German ... The station said that according to Germany's embassy in Athens, as well as local authorities, this type of incident occurs frequently as the prohibited area does not have sufficient signage or fencing.

Two German journalists were detained on Friday after entering a military area near the border village of Pragi, close to Didymoteicho. According to local reports, the journalists claimed to be working for German television channel ARD and said they were in Evros for a report on Turks returning from ...

The competition, held at the Orange Grove, the embassy's startup incubator in central Athens, was organized with the support of the US Embassy in Athens. It was attended by Dutch Ambassador Caspar Veldkamp and his US counterpart Geoffrey Pyatt. H.E. Mr. Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Ambassador of the USA to ...

A boy holds up a placard reading in German 'We only want peace' as refugees, mainly coming from Syria, protest outside the German embassy in Athens on July 19, 2017. AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki. RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Reuters. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access ...

Anti-terror units are examining security camera footage showing two men carrying out Monday's hand-grenade attack against a police precinct in Athens, sources said on Tuesday. The footage reportedly shows the two men approaching and leaving the scene of the attack on a motorcycle. The sources said ...

A memorial to Vassil Levski was unveiled at the Bulgarian embassy in Greek capital Athens on February 18, the day Bulgaria marks the 145th anniversary of the execution of the hero of the struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule. The ceremony began with an Orthodox Christian service in a Bulgarian ...

Energy is the reason why U.S. ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, went to Ankara yesterday, Thursday, said Steven Bitner, an economist at the US Embassy in Athens, speaking at the Athens Energy Forum conference. The latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region due to Ankara's ...

The Egyptian embassy in Athens hosted a musical celebration earlier this week featuring the works of Greek-Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy, with an audience of many local Greeks with Egyptian connections. Egypt's ambassador to Greece, Mohamed Farid Mounib, noted the deep historical and ...

The U.S. State Department and the British Embassy in Athens condemned the second furlough of terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas from prison on Friday. The November 17 terrorist group assassin who serves eleven life sentences was granted a two-day leave from the Korydallos Prison that started Friday at 9 ...

An attempt was made to attack the Ukrainian embassy in Athens, Greece, with Molotov cocktails, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. Photo from UNIAN. "At night, an attempt was made to attack our embassy in Athens with Molotov cocktails. Probably radicals under the influence of Russia.

The global community has been on edge for the past few days after US President Donald Trump tweeted that the US would launch an attack on Syria sometime soon. The message has prompted large-scale pacifist protests across the world – in the US itself, the UK and Greece, to name a few. Multiple ...

“We want the extradition of the eight soldiers,” he told reporters at the Turkish Embassy in Athens. He added that a new file along with new evidence was given to Greek officials in connection with the latest extradition request. The eight former Turkish officers are currently amid a legal trial concerning their ...