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Events in Thessaloniki celebrating its patron saint St. Demetrios, its liberation and the 28 October national holiday will open on Friday in the northern Greek city.

A storm of reaction has been caused by the attitude of police officers during the incident of a giant banner hung outside the White Tower by SYRIZA youth at noon on Saturday.

Passers by in the center of Thessaloniki became witnesses to a car chase and exchange of fire between police and illegal immigrants and people smugglers, on Sunday morning.