Athens - Thousands of police were deployed in central Athens Monday for a march commemorating the 35th anniversary of a student uprising against the military dictatorship that once ruled Greece.
More than 8,000 riot police and undercover officers will guard the streets in downtown Athens and another 2,000 in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
The streets in downtown Athens have been cordoned off and shops closed early ahead of the march which in past years has been marked with violence.
Athens - Age seems to have become a problem for Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero, whose impressive form was not enough to grant him a spot in Marcello Lippi's squad as the world champions Wednesday visit Greece for a friendly in Athens.
Lippi decided to leave home the 34-year-old striker despite the three memorable goals he scored as Juve beat giants Real Madrid in two Champions League games.
For Del Piero's millions of fans worldwide, however, it may be hard to criticize Lippi for preferring other players to an icon who will be almost 36 in 2010, when the Azzurri are set to defend their World Cup title in South Africa.
Rome, Nov 13 : Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the largest Greek necropolis in the city of Himera on the island of Sicily, where the ancient version of babies’ beakers has been found.
According to the new agency ANSA, although experts have long known about the burial ground, they have only recently understood its importance because of building work to extend a local railway track.
Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued their hunger strike for a second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.
Some 4,800 inmates, including Athens' top-security Korydallos prison and the Alikarnassos prison on the Mediterranean island of Crete, initially launched the strike on November 3.
The detainees have been drinking fruit juice and water but have refused solid food.
Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued a hunger strike for the second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.
Some 4,800 inmates, including Athens' top-security Korydallos prison and the Alikarnassos prison on the Mediterranean island of Crete, initially launched the strike on November 3.
The detainees have been drinking juice and water but have refused solid food.
Athens - Thousands of police were deployed in central Athens Monday for a march commemorating the 35th anniversary of a student uprising against the military dictatorship that once ruled Greece.
Rome, Nov 13 : Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the largest Greek necropolis in the city of Himera on the island of Sicily, where the ancient version of babies’ beakers has been found.
Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued their hunger strike for a second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.
Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued a hunger strike for the second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.
