Australians have been advised to avoid travel to Athens and several other areas of Greece amid riots in the country.
The fatal police shooting of a teenager has sparked Greece’s worst rioting in years, with gangs of youths rampaging through Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki at the weekend.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has not changed its overall level of travel advice for Greece, but it advises Australians to avoid central Athens and the tourist areas of Monastiraki and Plaka.
The Australian Embassy in Athens is unaware of any Australians affected by the riots.
A DFAT spokeswoman said 175 people had registered their travel to Greece with the department but noted the number of Australians actually in the country was likely to be much higher.
Adelaide