The historic monuments of Europe could fall like a domino and could be destroyed by an “earthquake” centered on Athens’s Acropolis.

A deal to jointly build an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline across Greece will help Athens to settle its multibillion euro debt to international creditors, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Thousands of Greeks rallied in favour of Greece’s membership in the eurozone and the European Union in central Athens on Thursday evening, in a call made through social media during the week.