Parliament on Syntagma Square

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou laid a wreath at a war memorial in Thessaloniki and attended the big military parade in the northern port city commemorating Greece's entry into World War II on October 28, 1940 after it defied an Italian ultimatum and the Axis occupation.

The traditional student parade to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821 has been held in Athens.

Crowds of spectators lined the streets to watch the parade, which passed the reviewing platform in front of Parliament on Syntagma Square.

Officials attending included Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and Athens Mayor Charis Doukas.

[Updated 8.45 p.m.]

Thousands of farmers with over 200 tractors from across Greece have assembled before Parliament on Syntagma Square over the impact of rising energy costs, competition from abroad and recent flooding.

A student rally in central Athens erupted into violence on Thursday, with protesters clashing with police.

Skirmishes began in front of Parliament on Syntagma Square as protesters tried to breach the security cordon and reach the House, prompting police to deploy tear gas. The situation has reportedly escalated and spread to Vassilissis Sofias Avenue

Police remanded 47 people for questioning on Wednesday during pre-emptive searches in downtown Athens, amid concerns of violence breaking out at marches commemorating 15 years since the police shooting of teen Alexis Grigoropoulos.

The head of Greece's main opposition SYRIZA party dismissed a draft of the 2020 budget presented by the conservative government to lawmakers on Wednesday as being "unfair" is "misguided."

An annual parade by school children to mark Greece's rejection of an Italian ultimatum and its entry into World War II on October 28, 1941, was underway in central Athens on Monday.

The parade, which takes place in front of the Parliament on Syntagma Square, started at 11 a.m.. Streets in the surrounding area are closed to traffic until it is finished.

A parade by school children to mark Greece's defiance of the Axis powers and its entry into World War II on October 28, 1941, will close down much of the city center on the anniversary of the event on Monday.

Around 1,000 protesters marched in downtown Athens on Saturday in a rally organized by several anti-establishment groups protesting the evacuation last month of three squats in the central district of Exarchia that had been home to dozens of refugees and migrants, including families with small children.

Greek pensioners hold a banner that reads 'We're reclaiming what we lost' at an anti-austerity protest in central Athens on Saturday.