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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-11-17
CONTENTS
[01] 43rd anniversary of Polytechnic uprising to peak with a march to
US Embassy
[02] Turmoil and violent incidents late Wednesday at Souda hotspot
[01] 43rd anniversary of Polytechnic uprising to peak with a march to
US Embassy
The 43rd anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising will peak on
Thursday with a march to the US Embassy, at 3 pm.
The university has remained open over the last two days so that citizens
can pay their respects to the victims of November 17 uprising. Education
Minister Kostas Gavroglou and the President of the Parliament Nikos
Voutsis laid a wreath on Wednesday.
On his part, the vice president of the union of prisoners and exiled
rebellions (SFEA), Spyros Chavatzis, said: "Forty-three years later,
the main slogan 'Bread-Education-Freedom' still applies. They have a
special meaning in the conditions created by the economic crisis."
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said: "It is a day of remembrance
and of multiple lessons ... It is a day that teaches us, in perpetuity,
that the defense of democracy is a daily duty, especially in today's
tough times for people and their rights, not only for our country,
since they have taken pan-European and global dimensions."
[02] Turmoil and violent incidents late Wednesday at Souda hotspot
Turmoil prevailed in Souda hotspot on Chios island during the night.
Migrants and refugees mostly from Africa burnt tents (according to
local media most of the camp was destroyed, they broke cars' windscreens
and shop windows. Police intervened and arrested an unknown number of
migrants and refugees.
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