The hiring of 10,500 permanent school teachers was signed by Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Minister of Administrative Reform Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou on Tuesday.

Tensions ran high today in downtown Athens, as school teachers protesting proposed layoffs, in a surprise move stormed the personal offices of government reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The office is housed on the fifth floor of an apartment building on 8 Efroniou Street, and the demonstrating teachers have actually taken over the building.

The financial crime squad (SDOE) is carefully poring over every detail of the bank accounts of six teachers, after accusations that they are involved in illicit activities.