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Guards wearing protective masks are seen on Monday in front of the Propylaea, the gateway to the Parthenon, following the reopening of the Acropolis yesterday. Visitors to the landmark site yesterday had the privilege of enjoying the experience free of the usual crowds it draws.

Hundreds of miners gathered outside Parliament in downtown Athens on Saturday to protest plans to liquidate and sell state-owned ferronickel production firm Larco. The European Commission in November said that it was taking Greece to the European Court of Justice over its failure to recover 135.8 million euros of illegal state aid to the company.