ATHENS — "The timeless demand for freedom is complemented by the responsibility that we must all show, in order to emerge stronger and united from this adventure," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday after laying a wreath at the Polytechnic, honoring the memory of the dead in the 1973 student uprising.

"Every important anniversary acquires a new meaning in the circumstances that are celebrated. Today, the priorities are the protection of public health and solidarity with our fellow citizens, especially the younger ones who are being tested by the economic crisis", stressed Mitsotakis.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday laid a wreath at the monument in the forecourt of the Athens Polytechnic on the occasion of the 47th anniversary since the student uprising against the 1967-1974 junta, on November 17, 1973.