Thousands of students and teachers march through Greek capital to protest high cost of living
- On Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, thousands of Teachers and Students rallied in central Athens, marching from the Propylaea to demand increased education funding and measures addressing the rising cost of living.
- Engineering student Panagiotis Moschonas criticized the government for a monthly rent subsidy of $135, while OLME reported 15,000 unfilled teaching positions and inadequate school funding.
- Primary school Teachers' union DOE and civil servants' federation ADEDY declared 24-hour strikes, with DOE seeking "substantial pay rises" and defense of free, publicly funded education.
- Riot police shadowed the march while traffic measures closed Panepistimiou Street and the Panepistimio metro station. Similar demonstrations occurred in Thessaloniki and Patras as protests spread across Europe.
- Demands for the reinstatement of the 13th and 14th pension payments were echoed by Others, who also seek 70% of the pension in widowhood cases to tackle the rising cost of living.
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On Wednesday in Athens, teachers and students took to the streets for better education conditions and more state support. All over Europe there have been protests against education policy for weeks.
Apart from France, the student revolt is also winning Greece. On Wednesday 21 October, demonstrations were held in several cities of the country to demand more resources for education, but also to protest against the cost of living and the difficulties of access to housing. More than 10,000 students, high school students and teachers gathered in the centre of Athens. Sign of a social grumbling that is gaining ground, as the Greek government boas…
Thousands of students, students and teachers came out on Wednesday, 21 October, on the street in Greece, demanding greater investment in public education, better salaries for teachers and decent conditions in schools and universities. In Athens, about 10,000 people participated in a peaceful march, according to the police, and demonstrations took place in Thessaloniki, Patras and other cities in the country. The protests were accompanied by teac…
Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets in Greece to protest the rising cost of living, high rents, and problems in the education system. In Athens, approximately 10,000 people participated in protests demanding more budget allocation for education and a reduction in class sizes. The demonstrators also sent messages of solidarity to the protests in France.
Wednesday they went to the square peacefully in about ten cities, asking the same things of Italians and French
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