Greek police and protesters clashed as thousands of people filled a central square in Athens to protest new austerity measures on Wednesday.
Groups of youths threw rocks and firebombs at police outside Parliament. Police responded with tear gas to push the protesters away from barricades erected to protect the Parliament.
Authorities have so far made two arrests and detained 18 people in connection with the incidents. Twelve of those detained, during earlier clashes on Vassileos Georgiou Street, have already been released and another six are being questioned.
Police said two officers have been injured in the violence so far.
TV Networks Suspend Participation in Strike
All of the TV networks in Greece have decided to suspend their participation in the general strike that they had joined, in order to resume normal broadcasting and to report on the huge anti-austerity demonstration currently taking place in the center of Athens
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