Newswires: Roma / Travellers

from thelocal.se, 20 December 2008: "The streets of Malmö’s Rosengård district were relatively calm on Friday evening, as the hundreds of youth who rioted earlier in the week refrained from engaging in renewed clashes with police. After cars and garbage bins were set ablaze and stones were thrown against police in violent clashes on Wednesday and Thursday in the heavily-immigrant populated neighbourhood of Rosengård, youths assembled relatively quietly on Friday..." more

Updated 8 December 2008: The Greek embassy in London was blockaded by protestors. There have been some arrests - more soon +++ More rioting is expected in Athens and across Greece on Monday (8 December 2008) as protests and insurrections continue.

On the night of Saturday 6 December 2008 police in Exarchia Square in Athens shot and killed Alexandros Grigoropoulos, aged 15. Thousands have rioted in many cities, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Chania and Patras... more