The protest meetings against Europride that will take place in Thessaloniki were banned by EL.AS. for next Saturday, June 29th. Please note that the Festival events will culminate on this specific day with the big “pride parade” in the city center.
According to a statement from the Police, both the protest gathering scheduled for 12:30 pm on the specific day in Agia Sophia Square, following a relevant call from private individuals, and any type of similar gathering are prohibited.
As highlighted in the same announcement, the ban is imposed as “there is a serious threat to public security due to the possible commission of serious crimesin particular against life, physical integrity, property and authority of the State” and because “there is a serious threat of disruption to socioeconomic life, vehicle and pedestrian traffic and the functioning of public infrastructures and equipment in specific areas “.