Squatting position

A police operation was carried out in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday morning to prevent an attempt by members of an anti-establishment group to retake a building in the city center. Police said 29 people were arrested.

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Police clearing an illegal squat in the leafy northern Athens suburb of Maroussi on Tuesday morning discovered a stash of motorcycle helmets, wooden poles, fire extinguishers and other paraphernalia customarily used by anti-establishment protesters in clashes with the police.

Can the state allow refugees to live in abandoned buildings that do not comply with hygiene and safety standards? Can it turn its back on the owners of buildings that have been turned into squats and on public property that is being trespassed on?

The Japan Sumo Association says it will consider outside opinions from experts and the public over its much criticized policy of banning women from entering the sumo ring.

Athens's bohemian neighborhood of Exarchia, the stamping ground of artists, anarchists and addicts, is being plagued by late-night revelers relieving themselves in the street, locals have complained to Kathimerini.

Inside the Afghanistan Powerlifting Federation’s cramped gym, Rasheda Parhiz lies on a bench wearing a tunic over sweatpants and holding a 70-kilogram weighted bar above her scarf-covered head.