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Protest in Athens as EU Marks Greek Presidency

Protest in Athens as EU marks Greece presidencyBailout recipient Greece has ceremonially assumed the European Union’s six-month presidency amid praise for its reform efforts from visiting senior EU officials. The visit took place during an Athens wide ban on protests.
Several hundred Greek leftists defied the ban and scuffled with police in Athens late on Wednesday as Greece was ceremonially inaugurated as the EU’s presiding nation for six months.
Police, who had shut down roads and railway stations for 18 hours in central Athens, dispersed the protesters with tear gas. No arrests or injuries were reported.
The protesters had tried to breach a cordon at Athens university, close to the venue used by the visiting EU officials, including the bloc’s 28 commissioners.
(source: DPI, DW)

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