Youngsters’ memories of the anti-landfill blockades

 Kathimerini investigates the effects on Keratea residents of nearly four months of action

By Yiannis Papadopoulos

It was dawn on December 11, 2010, when the civil defense sirens sounded in Keratea, a small town in southeastern Attica, some 30 kilometers from the Greek capital. A few seconds later, the bells of the town's two churches started ringing and a municipal car roved the streets, megaphone blaring: "People of Keratea! Get to Ovriokastro now! We are being occupied by police and contractors!"

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