Greek Police have fired tear gas as anti-Iraq war protesters hurled molotov cocktails in clashes in central Athens just several hundred metres from where an EU summit was in progress.
Protesters threw rocks, bottles of paint and petrol bombs at the Italian, French and British embassies.
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At least five people were injured, including a police officer and a cameraman, and authorities have detained more than 50 demonstrators.
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Smoke from flaming molotov cocktails and teargas billowed in the air as police helicopters hovered above the demonstration.
Dozens of shop fronts, bus stops and garbage bins were smashed and set on fire.
After being turned away from Syntagma Square, the demonstrators marched through the city's nearby diplomatic district.
At least a dozen molotov cocktails were thrown at the British embassy before police officers in full riot gear fired teargas to disperse the crowd.
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