Depending upon who you talk to or which media you read, there were anywhere between 100,000 to 1.5 million people at today’s rally in central Athens.
Greek police released official helicopter footage (see video below) of today’s demonstration in Athens to back up their claim of 140,000 showing dense crowds in and around Syntagma Square and up several avenues leading into the square, with more dispersed crowds the farther away from the center of the square.
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Hello from Athens! Hello from Hellas!
I live in Athens and I was there between 13:30 and 17:00 (our time).
I can confirm you (according to the sun and the shadows) that this video must has been taken a few minutes after the main (giant) flag had been lifted up, an hour before the official opening time. What we see at that moment is about 300,000 people, believe me, I know the area.
After inception of today’s demonstration (14:00 our time) people still continued coming, until you really couldn’t move not a single step. Maybe the number that the organizers stated was overrated, but momentarily we should be there about a million. After 16:30 people started slowly-slowly to leaving.
DO NOT believe whatever our government is showing or telling to the world.There is a big try from them to underestimate our feelings about our History. In both of demonstrations (Athens today and Thessaloniki few days ago) the pulse is high and clear! I beg you, yell to the world that
Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΒΟΡΕΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
MACEDONIA IS THE NORTH HELLAS
Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΒΟΡΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ
MACEDONIA IS NOT AT NORTH OF HELLAS
I agree in the police helicopter footage the time is blurred out