Thousands of Students, Teachers March Through Greek Capital to Protest High Cost of Living
Police said about 10,000 people marched as students and teachers pressed for affordable housing, higher education funding and better school staffing.
- About 10,000 demonstrators rallied peacefully in Athens and across Greece on Wednesday, protesting soaring living costs and what they called crumbling school conditions.
- Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government faces mounting pressure as Greeks struggle with stagnant wages and high rents, citing solidarity with recent unrest across Europe.
- Students set up tents in Syntagma Square before Wednesday's march, while teachers and doctors walked out, disrupting state school and hospital operations.
- Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki acknowledged student demands, announcing projects worth more than €733-million for new student residences and facilities upgrades.
- Mitsotakis said on Monday that Greece would not return to the social unrest of the financial crisis, though students plan to continue demonstrations.
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Pupils, students and trade unions are on strike in Greece against high education costs and expensive housing.
More than 10,000 students, students and officials demonstrated on Wednesday in Athens and in several cities in Greece, according to the police and the press, in protest against the expensive cost of living, showing similarities with the situation in France, reports AFP.
Students, pupils and teachers demonstrated on Wednesday 21 October throughout Greece, protesting against the shortage of staff, outdated infrastructure and a high cost of housing.
Students, teachers and public officials protest in different places in Greece on Wednesday against the cost of living and the deficiencies of the education system in the country. According to a police spokesman, 5,000 people went to the streets in Athens, 3,000 in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in the country, and another 3,000 are concentrated in Patras. Protesters demand more public investment for education and wage increases. The movem…
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