Greek farmers clash with riot police in Athens over austerity

Footage showed the farmers, many wearing black bandanas, smashing the windows of riot vans with shepherds' staffs, setting fire to rubbish bins and hurling rocks and stones.

... protesters say they are determined to ensure that Alexis Tsipras's leftist-led administration reverses measures they claim threaten their survival.

The government is seeking to complete bailout talks over controversial income and spending cuts with visiting inspectors representing Greece's international creditors. The country is due to make debt repayments of €7bn (£6bn) in July and faces the prospect of default if the bailout review is not completed.

"We have come to ensure the victory of farmers and to have results," said Yannis Psarakis, a farmer from Kyparissi, outside Crete's main city of Heraklion. "We want to have them take back everything they have encumbered us with. To us, it seems like the powers that be have looted everything."