“Espresso” is a tabloid so-called “news”paper in Athens, the sort of greek equivalent of “the Sun” in the UK or “Bild” in Germany. In-between soft-core porn and showbiz “news”, the paper has developed a habit of publishing the names of people arrested – but not convicted – for various, mostly political cases, in a clear [...]

Last night (Friday October 2) at about 8.15pm, a low-intensity bomb went off only a few meters away from the podium where PM Karamanlis was delivering his last speech, signalling the end of the pre-election period (elections are on Sunday the 4th). A lengthy communiqué published on Athens IMC claims responsibility for the attack by [...]

(See this article for some background info on the case) A few minutes ago, the investigating judge ordered the remaining two youths that appeared to him today in pre-trial detention. Yesterday, one youth was ordered in pre-trial detention and another was released on bail until trial. In total 3 out of the 4 arrested are [...]

On September 24, in an operation of unprecedented scale in recent years, the anti-terrorist unit of the greek police raided at least two houses in the suburbs of Athens. In total four young persons of up to 21 years old were arrested and are interrogated by the anti-terrorist unit. The police claim that some findings [...]