This summer, as climate disasters and human-made catastrophes compounded each other in and around Greece, one of the deadliest shipwrecks in recent history occurred off the countryβs coast. The Adrianna, a boat carrying an estimated 750 migrants, capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving nearly 500…
Connected to far-right extremist groups Propatria and Golden Dawn, American extremist Robert Rundo visited Greece at least twice while on the run from U.S. authorities. Rundo was arrested in Romania in late March and is set to be extradited to the U.S. for riot and conspiracy charges related to a string of violent acts Rundo took part in across the U.S.
An Egyptian boat set sail from the city of Tobruk, in Libya, on June 9, 2023. The overcrowded Adriana is carrying more than 600 refugees from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The vast majority of them are held in the cargo hold. Some will pay…
Thessaloniki, Greece — The self-managed Vio.Me. factory in Greece’s second largest city celebrated ten years of worker occupation at the end of last month. The factory was buzzing with life on April 28, 29, and 30, from the afternoon hours until late at night with…
The InterCity 62-passenger train departed from the Athens central station for the Athens – Thessaloniki route at 19:22 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. At 23:09 it departed from Larissa station carrying 340 passengers and 12 staff, a total of 352 people. At 23:21 the IC62…
Thessaloniki, Greece – In a surprise announcement on Feb. 3, the workers of the reclaimed worker-run factory of Vio.Me. in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, disclosed that the land on which the factory stands has quietly been sold at an online auction. The buyer is Acsion Limited,…
Responding to the Greek government’s continuous attack on prisoners’ rights, inmates have waged seven hunger strikes in prisons across Greece over the last three years β many of which have been successful.
According to the prisoners and their supporters, authorities target certain incarcerated people and…