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Johnny Hoston wrote that the person he described as the former president of the youth of SYRIZA had now moved to "AT Souniou" of Alexis Tsipras. Referring to the incidents in France, he said he had wished Greece would follow suit with demonstrations, while he used an offensive comparison to a Scotch-Brite product from Lidl. He accused Alexis Tsipras of having his supporters incite riots and warned that the events of 2008 or 2015 would not be repeated. He added that those involved would face, in his words, beatings from those who had lost 15 years because of them, not from the riot police. #Ελλάδα #διαδηλώσεις #ΣΥΡΙΖΑ (translated)

Anger and shame over the incidents - Those who harmed Democracy will be held accountable. In a statement, Macron said he would seek to reduce gasoline prices, a key demand of the protesters, during a diplomatic trip to the Persian Gulf this week. #Γαλλία #πολιτικήκρίση #ταραχές (translated)

"We are very disturbed by these images." The U.S. government is "very disturbed" by the images of the attack on an American photojournalist from the Washington Post by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday, Saturday, urging Israel to "crack down" on such incidents. #Ισραήλ #ΔυτικήΌχθη #Εποικισμός (translated)

Nikolas Apelaios II described the days leading up to the Italian attack on Greece, from October 23 to 27, 1940, stating that the Greek ambassador in Rome had informed the government that the attack was expected between October 25 and 28. According to him, Italian reconnaissance aircraft were photographing military points of interest, while senior Greek officials considered the attack imminent. Apelaios reported that on October 24, Ioannis Metaxas recorded in his diary rumors of an attack the next day and informed the chiefs of staff to remain in Athens or to notify where they were. On October 25, according to the post, Metaxas informed the Cabinet about the concentration of Italian troops at the border, and the government rejected both substantial territorial concessions and symbolic gestures toward Italy. He noted that Metaxas and his ministers did not attend the premiere of the opera "Madama Butterfly" at the Royal Theater on October 25, in the presence of Antonio Puccini and Curzio Malaparte. From the government, as he wrote, Deputy Foreign Minister Mavroudis and Deputy Minister of Press Nikolidis attended. The next day, Ambassador Politis reported that the Athens–Rome airline had been suspended until further notice. In his narrative, at the reception of the Italian embassy on October 26, Ambassador Grazzi was often absent, while on the upper floor the ultimatum to Greece was being dictated from Rome. Nikolidis called Metaxas early on October 27 regarding reports of incidents at the border. Apelaios noted that the Athens News Agency denied the news at 04:00, following an order from Metaxas. Apelaios also wrote that, on October 27, Greek and Italian officers met to discuss the incidents, while the Greek government was receiving information about the movements of Italian units towards the border. He added that shortly after Metaxas left his office, information arrived from the Italian embassy that a declaration of war was imminent, but it was decided not to inform him. According to him, the Prime Minister's car departed for Kifisia without him knowing the information. #Ιστορία #Ελλάδα #ΔεύτεροςΠαγκόσμιοςΠόλεμος (translated)

The socialist mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, stated that the toll from the violent incidents and looting that occurred today on the sidelines of demonstrations against the high cost of living in his city could be "massive," "entire streets were systematically destroyed." #Γαλλία #βία #δημοκρατία (translated)

On a completely different wavelength, the candidate of the radical Left for the presidency of the Republic, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, blamed the police authorities for the incidents, while simultaneously urging the protesters not to engage in vandalism and looting. #Γαλλία #βία #δημοκρατία (translated)