- Title: GREECE: Greek police clash with youths in central Athens
- Date: 27th February 2009
- Summary: ATHENS, GREECE (FEBRUARY 26, 2009) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF NEWSPAPER OFFICE ATTACKED BY YOUTHS EMPLOYEES OF NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE VARIOUS OF WINDOWS OF CAR PARKED OUTSIDE NEWSPAPER OFFICE SMASHED VARIOUS OF FRONT WINDOWS OF ANOTHER CAR SMASHED SIDE WINDOWS OF ANOTHER CAR SMASHED MORE OF OTHER CARS SMASHED BURNED CAR FIREMEN DOUSING CAR WITH WATER HOSE VARIOUS OF FIR
- Embargoed: 14th March 2009 12:00
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- Location: Greece
- Country: Greece
- Topics: Domestic Politics
- Reuters ID: LVAEAP6GWWUIXE7PE3BCWSI8HJLM
- Story Text: Cars smashed, fires lit during attack on Athens newspaper office.
About 30 youths clashed with police in central Athens on Thursday (February 26) damaging cars and shops, hours after a march to parliament, police said.
Since the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old in December, a wave of protests fuelled by anger at economic hardships and scandals has rocked Greece's ruling conservatives clinging to a one-seat parliamentary majority.
Hundreds of protesters on Thursday, chanting "state terrorism won't pass" and waving red flags, walked to parliament from the central Exarchia district, where police shot dead a teenager three months ago triggering the worst riots in decades.
After the protest, youths set garbage bins on fire and threw stones and firebombs at police causing damages to more than 20 cars and four shops in the centre of Athens. Riot police responded with tear gas.
The office of the daily right-leaning newspaper "Apogevmatini" was also a target.
Greece's public workers who staged a 24-hour nationwide strike this week protesting against low salaries and pension reforms have said the government's economic policy amid the global crisis only burdens the poor. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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