Greek students and teachers protest in Athens over housing costs

Thousands of students and teachers marched through Athens on Wednesday to demand affordable student housing and increased state investment in education, as cost-of-living protests spread across Europe. Similar demonstrations occurred in Thessaloniki and Patras. The protests are fueled by rising living costs, including fuel prices, and anger over deteriorating school conditions and housing shortages. Violence has erupted at demonstrations in France, Italy, and Albania. One banner read, "From Greece to France, give money to education." Engineering student Panagiotis Moschonas criticized the government's $135 monthly rent subsidy as insufficient, noting it is paid annually. Riot police monitored the march, and shops closed preemptively. Teachers held a strike, with one saying families struggle to make ends meet amid exponentially worsening school conditions.