Grenade thrown at French embassy in Greece, policeman hurt

Assailants on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the French embassy in Athens Thursday, slighting wounding a police officer on duty, police said.

Anarchist Group Seizes Headquarters of Greek Syriza Party in Athens

Members of a Greek anarchist movement seized the central office of the left-wing Syriza party in Athens, demanding to close maximum security prisons and free those detained in connection with the case of Conspiracy of the Fire Nuclei radical group.

Putin calls for restoration of intl systems, accuses US dictatorship (Putin’s Valdai speech)

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday accused the US "unilateral dictatorship and enforcement of western models" of bringing about escalation of conflicts and expanding chaos, saying that the world needs "new global consensus of responsible forces" to "restore the effectiveness of the international and regional institutions system."

Since all countries in the world are confronted with similar problems, international cooperation and coordination is the " logical way" to solve them, Putin said at the annual Valdai International Discussion Club meeting in Sochi, a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.