05/10/2011 11:26
First general strike in Greece
A 24-hour general strike is underway in Greece against the nation's austerity measures, the BBC reports.
Flights and ferry services are expected to be cancelled, schools will be closed and hospitals will be working with reduced staff.
Greece's biggest unions will want a huge turn-out to prove that resistance is still strong.
Some militant civil servants are promising to sabotage government reforms.
It is the first general strike since the government announced an emergency property tax and the suspension of 30,000 public sector staff last month, the BBC writes.