From tvxs.gr, 11/12/2008

Below are the brief news that were published in the website TVXS.gr until now (22:17). They are only from today. If I have time later or tomorrow I will add info from previous days as well. I will post in this thread more news that will come up from this source later. The time in all the posts is the Greek time (GMT +2).


11:45 At this time protests of school children at Korydallos, Argyroupolis, Helioupoli, Haithari, New Smyrne, Galatsi avenue, Polytechnic School Heroes street in Piraeus, Pericleus street in Holargos, and at the police station of Halandri. Mesogeion avenue is closed both ways near the Ethniki Amyna tube station by schoolchildren on sitting protest.


11:49 Clashes at the Halandri police station. There is info for an old person injured accidentally by a stone

11: 59 Police used tear gases to school children's protest outside the Korydallos' prison. At the moment Gr. Labrakis street is closed

12:14 School children protests are continuing at this point at the following places:
New Smyrne: Demonstation is going on towards the police station of the area. Tram route has closed at this point
Peristeri: demonstration from 150-200 persons on Pan. Tsaldaris street
Glyfada: small demonstration on El. Venizelos street, near the cemetery
Melissia: Schoolchildren at this moment are protesting in front of the police station
Pefki: demonstration towards the police station of the area
Ano Patissia: Protest outside of the Agias Lavras street police station
Mesogeion avenue: sitting protest is continuing
Piraeus: group of schoolchildren is outside the General Police Division of Piraeus
Gerakas: Marathonos avenue is closed both ways
Korydallos: Serious clashes between schoolchildren and police forces are continuing outside the prison. Riot police uses tear gases

Clashes were reported earlier outside the police stations of Glyfada, Helioupolis and Halandri


12:59 Protest outside the police station of Grava (Patissia). Small scale clashes with the police.

13:00 Symbolic closure of Amalias avenue outside the greek parliament, at this moment.

13:10 At this moment, five youths who were arrested at the Saturday riots are defending themselves. They face serious charges of felony. (14:02 the five youths who were arrested near the Exarchia area (centre of athens) were put on remand).

13:35 Clashes between police and schoolchildren continue at Korydallos. “Rain” of tear gases is falling against the children.

13:58 Amalias avenue (parliament) is still closed. Panipistimiou av. (Centre) is also closed. Heroon Polytehneiou street in Piraeus stays also closed. Mesogeion av. stays closed at the aforesaid point. Thevon av. closes for some periods outside the TEI (Technological education universities).

14:06 All roads open, except the one in Piraeus.

14:09 Five arrests outside the General Police Division of Piraeus during todays clashes. A woman was injured accidentally by a stone. Police used tear gases.

14:12 On remand were put the 8 arrested persons from the city of Larissa

14:27 The lawyer of the second accused policeman for the murder of the 15 year old (who is accused for being an accessory to the murder), Mrs Salavrakou, stated that she resigned for ethical reasons from the defence. She also said that this accused declared his regrets for his act to the public attorney. (In the official defendant's plea, that was published by the lawyer Alexis Kougias yesterday, there was no mention of sorry or regrets)


14:42 Schoolchildren are protesting outside the police stations of Voula, Vironas, Glyfada, Peristeri, Pefki, Kifissia, Alimos and Galatsi.
Earlier in the morning there were protests in the police stations of Halandri, Agios Dimitrios, Aigaleo, Kolonos, Helioupolis, Petroupolis and the general divisions of Piraeus and SouthEast Attiki

14:56 the two accused for the murder of the 15 years old Alexis Grigoropoulos policemen, It was decided to be transferred to a prison outside of Attiki (Greater Athens)

16:33 The situation is calming down outside the General Police Division of Piraeus, after the 5 youths arrested there earlier were set free. The children are leaving from Koridallos prison where they were protesting since the morning


18:59 A group of anarchists attacked to the offices of the newspaper “Macedonia”, in the city of Thessaloniki. The youths broke the window glasses, destroyed the accounting office and the call centre. They also damaged the radio station situated in the basement of the building. In a photo there can be seen members of the group holding a banner with the slogan “Tramps, Narks, journalists” (me, “Αλήτες, Ρουφιάνοι, δημοσιογράφοι”: an old slogan used not only by anarchists and in many respects is totally justified in the Greek reality of controlled media and their everyday lies)


18:28 Demonstrators are assembling for the planned demonstration with starting point at Propylaia, in the centre of Athens. At the moment they are around 1000 people. (19.00) More than a thousand people are walking towards the Greek Parliament. Slogans against the police, there is not any act of violence. (19:38) danger for clashes for a while, near the Kotzias square. Albeit the intense moments, the demonstrators managed to avoid the clashes. Riot police came for a while close to the demonstration but later they stayed a bit further away. (20:05) A while ago, the situation intensified when the demonstrators approached the parliament. The clashes started when the riot police used tear gases against the protesters, when the latter walked up the Stadiou street. Some demonstrators “replied” to the policemen throwing red paint. Now the spirit have calmed down. (20:20) A small group of demonstrators threw stones at the corner of Omirou and Panepistimiou streets. The main body of the protesters is going towards the Polytechnic Univerity. (20:55) The main body of the demonstration has left. The students from the Law University of Athens are going to their university (near by) that is occupied by students all these days. Small scale clashes continue in Propilaia.


20:27 Outside the occupied building of the Law School of the city of Komotini (north east greece, in the region of Thrace) members of the neonazi organisation Hrisi Augi (Golden Dawn), alongside with plain cloth policemen and a big number of riot police have surrounded the building and demand from the students to go out to fight. Supposedly they are angry because of possible clashes the demonstrators want to have. In the demonstration that happened in the city earlier and ended in the Law School there was not at all any act of violence from the part of the demonstrators.
20:56 The occupation of the building of Nomarhia (something between a county and mayor area, in Crete there are three, I think) Irakliou (Crete) by protesting students has ended.

20:59 The police forces threw tear gases in the Panepistimio tube station. The employees were forced out of the station to manage to breathe.