<p>Some background notes:</p> <p>1. On the 5th of May three people lost their lives in a fire at Marfin bank in the centre of Athens, during one of the greatest demonstrations the capital of Greece had ever seen.<br />2. 200.000 people participated. For the first time, even the Communist Party, usually patriotic, sectarian and lawful, joined tens of thousands of demonst...

<p><strong>Grenade Attack in Athens</strong></p> <p>On the night of February 24 the Haunt of Migrants on Tsamadou Street in Exarcheia was attacked while an assembly of the Association of Conscientious Objectors was taking place inside: A hand-grenade was thrown from outside. Luckily the building&rsquo;s window was shut and double-glazed - the first layer of th...