ATHENS – Greece’s prime minister appealed to political parties Monday to show “self-restraint” in commemorations marking the 1973 crushing of a student uprising by the ruling military junta at the time, as part of measures to curtail a surging coronavirus outbreak in the country.Nov.
17, the day the uprising was quashed, is marked each year with wreath-laying ceremonies at the Athens Polytechnic commemorating those who died there, followed by marches to the U.S.
Embassy. The marches sometimes turn violent, with protesters clashing with riot police.This year, the government has banned the marches due to a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths which are straining the country’s health system.