The country's two largest trade-union federations are planning a central Athens protest at 4pm on Wednesday, in a march to parliament timed to coincide with a vote on new austerity measures
21 Feb 2012
The country's two largest trade-union federations have called a central Athens protest for 4pm on Wednesday, in a march to parliament timed to coincide with a vote on new austerity measures.
Marches organised by the private-sector General Confederation of Greek Labour (GSEE) and its public-service counterpart ADEDY attracted more than 100,000 protesters to Syntagma Square on February 12, but attendance was considerably less at rallies held at the weekend.
The rush among Greeks to learn German may seem odd after the war of words between the two countries, with Greeks fuming at German accusations of financial mismanagement and some media playing on Nazi caricatures of Berlin politicians
Pavlos Yeroulanos will stay on as minister of culture and tourism, despite offering his resignation in the wake of last week museum robbery at Ancient Olympia
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