Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Friday January 1st, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

The best photos of 2016 from Greece

A compilation of AthensLive’s top news images from around the country by our photo-reporter Panayotis Tzamaros and his colleagues at FOS PHOTOS.

British actress Vanessa Redgrave visited the refugee and migrant camp in Eleonas, Athens. Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Swimmers retrieve a cross thrown by a priest at the ceremony blessing the waters during the celebration of the Epiphany Day at Faliro, in the coastal area of Athens. Tuesday January 6, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

New Democracy’s newly elected president, and former Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at his campaign headquarters after his victory. In Athens. Sunday January 10, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity, Giorgos Katrougalos, presented the new social security reform to SYRIZA parliamentarians. Monday January 11, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Scientists and private sector professionals took part in a demonstration to rally the Labor Ministry and the Greek Parliament against upcoming pension and tax reforms and the raise in contributions the new tax reform entails. In central Athens on January 14, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Gathering at the Peace and Friendship stadium for the 100 years since the founding of KKE (Communist Party of Greece). Sunday January 17, 2016. Photo: George Vitsaras / FOS PHOTOS

Press conference of Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos concerning his six meetings with European ministers and the latest Eurogroup meeting. In Athens on Monday, January 18, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Self-employed freelancers from a number of professions march in central Athens, on January 21, 2016, to express their opposition to the government’s planned social security bill. Lawyers, engineers, doctors, solicitors, pharmacists, tax accountants protested at the Labor Ministry and outside the Greek Parliament. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Event on first year anniversary of SYRIZA governance. Sunday January 24, 2016. Photo: George Vitsaras / FOS PHOTOS

Event on first year anniversary of SYRIZA governance. Sunday January 24, 2016. Photo: Aggeliki Koronaiou / FOS PHOTOS

Greek farmers protesting against the government’s proposed social insurance reforms blocked with their tractors for two hours the access to the international airport El Venizelos, in Markopoulo area, 30 km east from the center of Athens. January 29, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek neo-nazi party Golden Dawn organized an event to mark the anniversary of the 1996 Imia crisis, when Greece and Turkey almost went to war over the uninhabited islet. In Athens on Saturday, January 30, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Protest rally outside the National Theater in Athens after the cancellation of ‘Nash’s Equilibrium’ performances. January 31, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

1250 immigrants and refugees disembarked from the passenger ferry “Eleftherios Venizelos” coming from the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios. More than 6,000 immigrants and refugees arrived on Monday February 1, 2016 in the port of Piraeus near Athens. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ official visit to Iran. He is the first western country leader to visit Iran after reaching an agreement on its nuclear program, Tehran. February 8, 2016. Photo: Andrea Bonetti

Migrants in Piraeus passenger terminal waiting for buses that will take them to the subway. 1200 Syrians and Afghans refugees and immigrants from the islands of Chios and Lesbos disembarked in the port of Piraeus early in the morning of Wednesday February 10, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Clashes between farmers from the island of Crete and riot police during a protest outside the building of the Agriculture Ministry in Athens, on Friday, February 12, 2016. Farmers from various parts of Greece gather to protest against the planned reform of the social insurance system. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Farmers from across the country march with tractors outside the Greek parliament during a demonstration against taxation and the planned reform of the social insurance system. February 12, 2016. Photo:
Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Farmers light a fire outside the Parliament using trees and bushes of the area during a demonstration against taxation and the planned reform of the social insurance system. February 12, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Pantelis Pantelidis funeral, Athens. February 20, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

1280 refugees from Syria disembarked from passenger ferry Blue Star Patmos at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, on the evening of Monday February 22, 2016. More than 5000 refugees and immigrants disembarked in the port of Piraeus from the Aegean islands. Refugees and immigrants intended to travel by bus to the Northern border of the country and move then to Northern Europe, but risk being trapped in Greece after the closure of the borders by FYROM. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Guy Verhofstadt, Potami president Stavros Theodorakis, and former Prime Minister Costas Simitis (R) during the congress of the political party, To Potami (the River) in Athens. February 27, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

More than 9,000 refugees are trapped at the border between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia in Idomeni, as a result of the FYROM decision to seal the crossing point in the neutral zone between Greece and FYROM. March 2, 2016. Photo: Giannis Papanikos / FOS PHOTOS

Migrants sleep inside a warehouse at Piraeus port, on March 2, 2016. Passenger terminals and warehouses are open for migrants waiting to continue their journey to the northern Greek borders, where about 9000 migrants and refugees already have been stranded because of border controls by other Balkan and European countries. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Political party leaders’ meeting. From left to right : Vassilis Levedis of the Centrists’ Union, leader of Potami party (The River) Stavros Theodorakis, PASOK Socialist party leader Fofi Gennimata, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas, and Panos Kammenos, of Independent Greeks. Athens, on March 4, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy organized a roundtable discussion on Europe facing the Migration Challenge, a discussion on the current refugee and migration challenges. Athens on March 5, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Carnival street party in Athens. February 15, 2015. Photo: George Vitsaras / FOS PHOTOS

Syrian and Afghan refugees held a protest march in Piraeus port, near Athens, on March 8, 2016. Holding placards and small children in their arms shouting slogans such as “Open the Greek — FYROM borders, we are humans.” More than 32,000 migrants and refugees from Asia are stranded in Greece, of which 13,000 are at the northern Greek borders with FYROM, in the village of Idomeni. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Μigrants are held up at the Diavata refugee camp near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on March 10, 2016. This is one of the refugee camps called “Hot Spots”, built by the Greek government in order to host a large number of migrants and refugees stranded in Greece. Photo: Giannis Papanikos / FOS PHOTOS

About 14,000 refugees are stranded under bad weather conditions at the northern Greek borders with Macedonia, in a makeshift camp, near the Greek village of Idomeni. More than 34,000 migrants and refugees from Asia are stranded in Greece, after Balkan and European countries sealed their borders. March 12, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

About 14,000 refugees are stranded under bad weather conditions at the northern Greek borders with FYROM, in a makeshift camp, near the Greek village of Idomeni. More than 34,000 migrants and refugees from Asia are stranded in Greece, after Balkan and European countries sealed their borders. March 12, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

The contemporary Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei at the camp in Idomeni, working on an event. About 14,000 refugees are stranded under bad weather conditions at the northern Greek borders with FYROM, in a makeshift camp, near the Greek village of Idomeni. More than 34,000 migrants and refugees from Asia are stranded in Greece, after Balkan and European countries sealed their borders. March 12, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Flour Fighting during Ash Monday, Galaxidi, Greece. March 2016. Photo: George Tatakis / FOS PHOTOS

Snapshot from the “March of hope”. Refugees are trying to cross into FYROM after a leaflet circulating in the camp encouraged refugees to cross through a nearby river instead of the usual route through the Greece-FYROM checkpoint. Refugee Camp of Idomeni in Northern Greece. March 14, 2016. Photo: Rico Grimm / Krautreporter

Refugee camp at Idomeni, northern Greece. March 2016. Photo: Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

American actress Angelina Jolie, the Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visited refugees and migrants at Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece. March 16, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras received American actress and Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Angelina Jolie, in his office at Maximos mansion. In Athens, Greece. March 16, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

About 3,000 Greeks and refugees from various camps in Attica demonstrated in front of the EU offices in central Athens against the closed borders. The protest was organized by the Afghan community and Greek anti racist unions. March 19, 2016. Photo: George Vitsaras / FOS PHOTOS

Stuffy atmosphere in Athens because of the dense dust transported from Africa, due to the stormy southern winds in most of the country. March 23, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

The newly appointed artistic director of the annual Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Jan Fabre. March 29, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Actors, journalists, artists, reacting to statements made by Jan Fabre, newly appointed artistic director of the annual Athens and Epidaurus Festival, gathered at “Sfendoni” theater. In Athens on April 1, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Migrants and refugees in a makeshift camp at the Greek village of Idomeni, close to the Greek-FYROM border, on Saturday April 2, 2016. 52,451 refugees and migrants in total are in Greece, over 11,000 at Idomeni, after the agreement between EU and Turkey on 20 March. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Migrants and refugees in a makeshift camp at the Greek village of Idomeni, close to the Greek-FYROM border, on April 4, 2016. 52,451 refugees and migrants in total are in Greece, over 11,000 at Idomeni, after the agreement between EU and Turkey on March 20. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Clashes between refugees and police authorities of FYROM on the railway line in Idomeni, when a group of refugees tried to cross the border and continue their journey. April 10, 2016. Photo: Giannis Papanikos / FOS PHOTOS

Pope Francis’s joint visit to Lesvos with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Ieronymos. April 16, 2016. Andrea Bonetti

Award Ceremony for winning the 43rd championship by Olympiacos FC. April 17, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Former Parliament President, Zoe Konstantopoulou presents her new party ‘Course of Freedom’ in Athens. April 19, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

A passenger ship tilted at Piraeus port near Athens. April 26, 2016. Photo: Wassilis Aswestopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Olympic torch relay in Athens on April 26, 2016. Photo: Wassilis Aswestopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Hand over Ceremony of the Olympic Flame to the delegation of the Olympic Games Rio 2016. In Athens on April 27, 2016, at the Panathenaic Stadium, the venue of the first modern Games in 1896. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Hundreds of Indians migrants living in Athens participated in the celebration of Baisakhi, in central Athens on April 30, 2016. Baisakhi marks the Sikhs New Years day and the official declaration of the Sikh religion as an organized religion since April 14, 1699. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Migrants and refugees at the refugee camp in Helliniko, south suburb of Athens, Greece, where about 6,000, mostly from Afghanistan, live in miserable conditions. Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

The French Institute in Athens hosted French philosopher Alain Badiou on Thursday, May 5, in a lecture titled “What Is Politics Today?” Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Protest rallies organized by General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE) and the civil servants’ union federation ADEDY, Greece’s largest trade unions of public and private sector, against social security and tax reform bills. In central Athens, Greece, on May 8, 2016. Photo: Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

On the occasion of Europe Day 2016, two groups of refugees from the camps of Schisto and Elaionas were taken on a guided tour of the Acropolis. The refugees were welcomed by Greek Minister of Culture Aristeidis Baltas in an effort to raise awareness of the refugee crisis. The tour was supported by UNHCR and cultural organisation Flux Laboratory. Athens 9th May 2016. Photo: Yannis Drakoulidis / FOS PHOTOS

Greek Cup Final 2016, between Olympiacos FC and AEK FC in Athens. May 17, 2016. Photo: Lazaros Koukorikos / FOS PHOTOS

Exhibition of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, at the Museum of Cycladic Art (MCA) in Athens, Greece. May 21 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Alexis Tsipras and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul, Turkey. May 23, 2016. Photo: Andrea Bonetti

Idomeni refugee camp after the evacuation by Greek police forces that transfer the stranded refugees and immigrants in organized hosting structures in northern Greece. May 26, 2016. Photo: Giannis Papanikos / FOS PHOTOS

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Maximos Mansion. The President of the Russian Federation is on a two-day working visit to Greece under the votive Greece Year — Russia 2016. March 27, 2016. Photo: Alexandros Vlahos / ANA

President Putin joined celebrations for the 1,000th anniversary of the Russian presence at the Holy Mountain, located at the third leg of the Chalkidiki peninsula. President Vladimir Putin at the church of the Protaton, in Karyes, the administrative center of the all-male Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos, northern Greece. Saturday, May 28, 2016. Photo: Kostas Tsironis

Athens Ledra Hotel Shut Down. Athens on May 31, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras received retired Greek-American professional basketball player Nick Galis, at Maximos mansion, in Athens on June 7, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

12th Athens Gay Pride Festival, on June 11, 2016. Photo: Aggeliki Koronaiou / FOS PHOTOS

Gathering in memory for victims of the attack on gay club of Orlando, USA at June 12. Athens, Greece, June 2016. Photo: Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Anti-government protest in Syntagma square, central Athens. June 15, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the death of the founder of PASOK Andreas Papandreou. 22 June 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center welcomes the public. Sunday July 26, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek PM on official visit to China, arrival at Beijing on July 1st 2016. Photo: Andrea Bonetti

Alexis Tsipras at the Great Wall of China. July 3rd 2016. Photo: Andrea Bonetti

Employees of the Greek retail chain Marinopoulos protest outside the Labour Ministry in Athens on July 13, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Protest march by refugees and immigrants with antiracist organizations towards Syntagma Square against closed borders. Athens, July 14, 2016. Photo: Gerasimos Domenikos / FOS PHOTOS

The Athens town hall painted in the colors of the French flag after the terrorist attack in Nice. Projectors beam the colors blue, white and red, forming the French flag over the city hall building. In this way, Athens participates in the global mourning for the victims of the attack. July 15, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Pokemon trainers gather at Syntagma square in down town Athens, on July 23, 2016 for a night pokemon walk. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presents the main points of the government’s proposal for the constitutional reform, at an event in the courtyard of the Greek Parliament, in Athens on Monday, July 25, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Refugees and migrants at the premises of the old Athens international airport, which is used as a camp for about 2,800 people, in southern Athens, on Thursday, August 4, 2016. The migrant and refugee arrivals to the Greek islands of the north Aegean sea rise slowly but steadily after the failed coup in Turkey. More than 57,000 refugees and migrants remain stranded in Greece. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Anna Korakaki, winner of a gold medal in the 25m pistol event, and a bronze in the 10m air pistol event at the Rio 2016 Olympics, arrived in Athens. August 11, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Refugees and migrants who want to submit an application for political asylum, at the Attica Regional Asylum Office. In Athens on Friday August 19, 2016. 58,123 refugees and migrants live at hospitality centers in Greece. According to the UNHCR, during the first 17 days of August 1,577 people reached the islands of the Eastern Aegean sea, where a total of 11,000 people are located. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Auction for four nationwide TV licenses at the Greek Secretariat General for Media and Communication in Athens, on September 1st, 2016. Representatives of the bidders were not allowed to communicate with each other or with the outside world during the process. The use of cell phones was prohibited. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Summit of the European Union’s Mediterranean countries in Athens, at Zappion hall, on Friday September 9, 2016. The leaders of France, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Malta meet on the initiative of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, to work out proposals for their own vision of European structure and EU policies. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

First public action of the international contemporary art event “Documenta” in the municipality of Athens Arts Center at Parko Eleytherias, entitled “Freedom Exercises”. Athens, September 14, 2016. Photo: Gerasimos Domenikos / FOS PHOTOS

Ross LaJeunesse (L) global head of free expression and international relations, Google and Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece at the panel talking about “Democracy and Business” in the context of the fourth annual Athens Democracy Forum, at the Athens Concert hall, Megaron, on September 15, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Clashes during an antifascist march in memory of Pavlos Fyssas, three years after his murder in Keratsini, suburb of Athens, by a Golden Dawn member. September 17, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

The Hellenic Olympic Committee awards the Greek Olympic Medallists of the Rio 2016 Olympics, at Zappeion hall, in Athens on September 19, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Police officers remove two former SYRIZA MPs from the galleries of the parliament, after having thrown leaflets against the privatization of Eydap (water supply company) during the debate on the Omnibus Bill on privatization and other prior actions, demanded by the country’s lenders to unlock 2.8 billion euros of its loan aid. Tuesday September 27, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Debate on the Omnibus Bill on privatization and other prior actions, demanded by the country’s lenders to unlock 2.8 billion euros of its loan aid. Tuesday September 27, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Dancers of the Cie. Willi Dorner team perform the “Bodies in urban spaces” a moving trail, choreographed for a group of dancers, in central Athens on Saturday October 1st, 2016.The performers lead the audience through selected parts of public and semi-public spaces. A chain of physical interventions set up very quickly and only existing temporarily, allows the viewer to perceive the same space or place in a new and different way — on the run. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

A pensioner tries to comfort himself after tear gas usage by the riot police in Athens, on Monday October 3, 2016. Greek pensioners taking part in a protest march against pension cuts, demanded a meeting with the prime minister but were stopped with tear gas by riot police close to the government`s headquarters. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Meeting of the New Democracy Political Committee, chaired by Kyriakos Mitsotakis and inauguration of the new offices of the party. Tuesday. October 4, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

UNHCR tents set in the former Helliniko Olympic complex. Almost 2,500 migrants and refugees, mainly Afghani, are housed at the former Athens airport site, and the olympic complex used in the 2004 Olympics. In total 60.736 refugees and other migrants are stranded in Greece. At Helliniko south suburb of Athens, Greece on October 5, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

“Black has no shades” Journalists and technicians working in private nationwide television stations protest outside Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’ office, against job losses in TV channels that did not secure broadcasting licenses in a recent auction. In Athens on Monday, October 10, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Flag raising ceremony on Acropolis hill on the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the city of Athens from the German army. October 12, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Shiite Muslims take part in the ritual of Ashura, at Piraeus port near Athens on October 12, 2016. The day of Ashura is a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, who was killed at the battle of Karbala. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Opening of the second congress of SYRIZA, in Athens on October 13, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the opening of the exhibition : The State Hermitage Museum: Gateway to History. At the Byzantine & Christian Museum, in Athens on November 2, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Pensioners demonstrate in central Athens protesting against further cuts to their pensions. November 3, 3016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

New cabinet’s first meeting at the Greek parliament under PM Alexis Tsipras. Sunday November 6, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Runners cross the finish line winning the 34th Athens Classic Marathon at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece. Sunday November 13, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

U US President Barack Obama arriving in Athens, Greece as seen from the wing of Airforce One. In Athens on November 15, 2016. Photo: Wassilis Aswestopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Meeting of US President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos Mansion. Athens November 15, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Protest march to the U.S. Embassy during the 43rd anniversary of a 1973 students uprising against the then military ruling junta. In central Athens on November 17, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Protest rally in central Athens, organized by labor unions, anarchists and left wing groups against the Obama visit to Athens. November 15, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Refugees at a refugee camp in Ritsona about 80 kilometers north of Athens, on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Around 700 Syrians and Kurds have been living for months at the camp, housed in containers, while around 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Black Friday in Athens, on November 25, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Pensioners queue outside of a national bank branch in central Athens, Greece, early in the morning on Thursday January 22, 2016. Pensioners wait to receive their pensions and “EKAS” the monthly benefit allocated to some 260,000 low-income pensioners that will be cut by 50 percent in 2017, a development that comes in the wake of a one-off “holiday benefit” given this month to 1.6 million pensioners. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Nationwide protest rally from pensioners and organizations all over Greece and march to the Maximos Mansion, Athens, December 15, 2016. Photo: Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Employees in public hospitals built a wall blocking the entrance to the Health Ministry protesting cuts in health care, in central Athens on December 14, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Leftist groups and anti authoritarians clash with riot police in the Exarchia area of central Athens after a demonstration to mark the 8th anniversary of the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was shot dead by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008. On December 6, 2016. Photo: Angelos Christofilopoulos / FOS PHOTOS

Maritime workers stage a rally amid a 48h strike at Piraeus port near Athens, Greece on Monday December 5, 2016. Seamen and maritime workers marched to the Shipping Ministry protesting planned reforms in taxation and the social insurance system. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Student’s demonstration to mark the 8th anniversary of the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos who was shot dead by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008. In central Athens on December 6, 2016. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

Disabled groups from across Greece hold a demonstration in central Athens against austerity measures and spending cuts in healthcare, on Friday December 2, 2016. People in wheelchairs and people with disabilities attended the demonstration with their escorts and relatives as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Photo: Panayotis Tzamaros / FOS PHOTOS

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