Summary
Over 30,000 Greeks demonstrated under a heavy police presence Sunday to mark the anniversary of a 1973 anti-junta uprising, the first since the election of the new conservative government.
The protest, one of the largest and most uneventful in years, was heavily influenced by opposition to the four-month administration of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, elected in July on a pledge to strengthen law and order.
Throwing a Molotov cocktail – a fairly frequent occurrence at demonstrations in Greece – is now punishable by up to 10 years in prison, up from five years previously.
The demonstration marks the 46th anniversary of the student uprising.
The anti-junta demonstration is a treasured anniversary for many Greeks.
On Monday, some 200 students demonstrating at the Athens University of Economics were surrounded by anti-riot police who used tear gas and arrested two protesters.
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