Two years ago the deadliest train crash in Greek history happened. 57 people died after a passenger train collided with a cargo train. The crash occurred at Tempi, a rural area in between Athens and Thessaloniki. Most of the victims were young students traveling after…
Christos Michalopoulos, a Roma 17-year-old, was shot and killed by Greek police last year while in his car. Michalopoulos was driving with three friends in rural Greece on Saturday night, November 11, 2023. Michalopoulos allegedly ignored a police signal to stop at 11:15 p.m., prompting…
Athens, Greece – Muhammad Kamran Ashiq, a 38-year-old Pakistani immigrant, was found dead at the Agios Panteleimonas Police Station in central Athens, indicating another case of racist police brutality in Greece.
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Missing since September 13, Ashiq was found…
The Olympic Games are mega sporting events that demand extensive security planning and financial management. Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, global security protocols were significantly overhauled, with anti-terrorism and counterinsurgency measures rigorously applied to the Olympics. A review of past Olympic Games reveals recurring…
A year after the Pylos shipwreck, one of the deadliest shipwrecks in modern history, relatives and survivors protest in Athens. Some of the survivors say a Greek Coast Guard vessel attempted to tow the fishing boat carrying 750 refugees and migrants and caused the shipwreck.
A large rally led by students in Greece's capital city Athens began shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Rectorate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Students from all over the world spoke.
In recent years, gentrification has significantly altered the historic Athenian district of Exarcheia, known for its anti-authoritarian and anti-fascist culture. Unicorn Riot previously examined some of the facets of gentrification and the impacts it’s having on the district, specifically Exarcheia Square and Strefi Hill.
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