At Syntagma, the Athenian square opposite the parliament, taxi-drivers picking up fares report falls of 40% or more in custom.

锡塔玛广场位于国会对面，出租车司机称拉到的顾客比平时减少了40%，甚至更多。

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When eventually the police lost patience and fired the first tear gas grenade, the sound echoed across Syntagma Square and the crowd cheered.

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The suicide of 77-year-old retired pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas in April, in central Athens' Syntagma Square, also underscored the pain of the austerity measures.

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The unfolding saga of southern Europe claimed another life on Wednesday when a retired man from Greece killed himself in Syntagma Square in Athens this morning.

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