Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thank you Ernest for the link and info.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/12/athens.blast/index.html


121 posted on 01/11/2007 9:56:29 PM PST by Cindy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 119 | View Replies ]


To: All

http://www.usembassy.gr/
http://www.usconsulate.gr/

===
===

Off Topic (at this time), but fyi.

http://www.usembassy.gr/vi/wardens/Warden010907.PDF

WARDEN MESSAGE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
January 9, 2007

WARDEN MESSAGE SNIPPET: "The U.S. Embassy wishes to alert American citizens living in or visiting Athens
to a series of protest activities likely to affect the city center on Wednesday,
January 10.

Activist groups have announced that a series of large demonstrations will take place
in central Athens, starting Wednesday morning and continuing into the evening. The
protests involve education and employment issues, and are likely to disrupt traffic
and normal activities around Syntagma Square and the Plaka area for most of the
day. Secondary schools and universities will be closed and students will converge
on the city center to join the protest. Some public services, including public transport,
will be interrupted by strikes lasting several hours. Although most demonstrations in
Greece are orderly and well-controlled by the police, the size and duration of
Wednesday’s event, together with the pattern of violence exhibited by self-styled
anarchists on the fringes of demonstrations, leads the Embassy to recommend that
American residents and visitors consider avoiding the city center, including
Syntagma, Plaka, and the University area on Wednesday.

For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should
regularly monitor the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet website
at, http://www.travel.state.gov where the current Worldwide Cautions, Public
Announcements, and Travel Warnings can be found."


125 posted on 01/11/2007 10:03:34 PM PST by Cindy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 121 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson