Greek anarchists from the Libertarian Initiative of Thessaloniki gathered at a city hospital, demanding a raise for medical workers and healthcare for undocumented refugees. No arrests were made, as demonstrators dispersed immediately after due to the country’s authoritarian law that banned protesting under COVID.
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Thousands of students took to the streets of Thessaloniki to protest a law passed by the Ministry of Education which would create a university police force for the first time since the fall of Greece’s military junta. Near the end of the demonstrations, clashes between demonstrators and police occurred, with Molotov cocktails and tear gas being thrown.
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