Police on Monday carried out a raid on a building in Exarchia's Benaki Street, which had been occupied since 2004.

Police are entering a new era of keeping order in the much maligned area of ​​Exarchia in downtown Athens.

Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis commented on the operations to evacuate the squatters in Koukaki and the attack on police, during a televised interview on Tuesday night.