20/10/2011 18:19
Second day of strike in Greece
As the police braced for new violence, Greek protesters headed again for Athens’s central Syntagma Square on Thursday to protest austerity measures sought by the government to qualify for international rescue funds.
By now, the protests almost feel like a ritual: a strike and large demonstration disrupted by skirmishes and tear gas as Parliament votes on new austerity measures to earn the next installment of aid the country needs to fend off default.