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20,000 Strikers Demonstrate Against Austerity in Greece

Some 20,000 people demonstrated in Greece on Thursday as a general strike against new budget cuts and labour reform paralysed the civil service and disrupted transports. Around 16,000, mainly Communist party-affiliated, demonstrators marched in Athens while another 4,500 protested in...

Samaras in Brussels as Greeks Protest, One Dead

With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Brussels pleading with European Union leaders for the release of more rescue monies, some 70,000 Greeks roared through the downtown of Athens to protest more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions demanded...

Weary of Austerity, 50,000 Greeks Protest in Athens

Some 50,000 Greeks worn out by austerity measures marched through central Athens on Sept. 26 in the first general strike since the country's coalition government was formed in June, as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras worked to finalize another $14.6...

Unions Call 48-hour General Strike Against New Cuts

Greece's public and private sector umbrella unions, ADEDY and GSEE, Thursday called a 48-hour general strike to protest new austerity measures demanded by the country's international creditors in exchange for a fresh EUR130 billion bailout. In a statement, the two...

New Government Faces Union Action

The new government this week faces its first labour challenge with unions hitting the street against[...]