Athens, May 01: Greek anti-riot police fired tear gas at youths protesting in Athens today as a trade union march marking May Day passed in front of the finance ministry.
Clashes erupted when several dozen youths, some armed with sticks, charged a line of anti-riot forces protecting the finance ministry, prompting police to respond with tear gas. The youths then dispersed.
Police also fired tear gas when a group of anarchists got close to the entrance of a luxury hotel on Athens’ central Syntagma square.
In the northern city of Thessaloniki, police also fired tear gas at youths attacking banks and businesses during a May Day protest using iron bars to smash up to cash machines and several store windows.
—Agencies