Despite heavy rain, students have begun pitching tents in Syntagma Square demanding affordable housing, lower energy prices and greater funding for public universities.

Civil servants plan a midday walkout and a rally at Syntagma Square as lawmakers cast a ballot that will decide how much power the next Parliament has to rewrite the charter

Union-led marches are underway in Athens, Thessaloniki and cities across Greece, with metro and rail services shut down as transit workers join the demonstrations

Hundreds marched from Stadiou Street to Syntagma Square, calling for workplace safety, gender equality and justice for the five female factory workers killed in Trikala.

Student and pupil rallies are taking place across Greece today ahead of Saturday’s three-year anniversary of the Tempi railway disaster, with demonstrators calling for accountability.

In Athens, unions will assemble at 6:30 p.m. outside the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in Vathi Square.

Drivers are advised to avoid central Athens as roads will be closed off starting in the afternoon for the Grigoropoulos marches.