Annual student parade on the national holiday of October 28 underway

The large annual student parade on the national holiday of October 28 ("OXI Day") is underway on Saturday in the centre of Athens.

The public holiday commemorates Greece's rejection ("OXI") of an Italian ultimatum on October 28, 1940 that led to Greece's invasion at the start of the Second World War.

Traffic has been interrupted and travel restrictions imposed for the parade.

Most cities in Greece also hold student parades, while Thessaloniki held a large military parade in the presence of the Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.