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.

As we approach the May elections, polls are becoming a weekly reality. With brand new political parties appearing in the last month, polls understandably present a fluctuating image of the political landscape.