Nationwide education protests concluded shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday (October 21) in around 50 cities across Greece, including Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras, with school students, university students and teachers participating.
Their main demands included filling teaching vacancies, improving school building safety, raising teachers’ salaries, strengthening public education and addressing housing and living costs.
In Athens, around 10,000 people took part, according to police estimates. The march began at the Propylaea, stopped at Syntagma Square and returned via Panepistimiou Street. Clashes later broke out in Omonia.
Video footage shows a police officer throwing an object, possibly a tear gas canister, towards the entrance of Omonia metro station, where members of the public were present.
Around 3,000 police officers were deployed in central Athens, and 25 people were detained. In Omonia, police used stun grenades after protesters threw stones at a riot police unit. Video footage also appears to show an officer throwing an object, possibly a tear gas canister, towards the entrance of Omonia metro station, where members of the public were present.
Public sector employees also joined the protests, with the civil servants’ union ADEDY calling a three-hour work stoppage. Hospital doctors also held a nationwide strike.
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