As 7 p.m. rolled around for the scheduled start of an anti-European Union protest on Monday, Syntagma Square, the main square of central Athens, was empty save for tourists, journalists, riot police and flag-sellers.
Within an hour, a tame crowd of about 700 gathered to protest the contentious agreement Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reached that morning with European leaders
Reflecting a global outcry on social media overnight with the #ThisIsACoup topic, the mood in Athens on Monday was confused and uncertain.
Greek citizens have endured a dizzying past two weeks of bank closures, a referendum and dueling political rallies – not to mention acrimonious, round-the-clock sparring within Greek Parliament and between Greek leaders and their eurozone counterparts. Read more...
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