Public and transport services in Greece will be interrupted on Thursday as workers stage a second general strike against the government's austerity measures. Flights will be grounded and schools and hospitals closed during the 24-hour strike called by Greece's two largest unions.
Violence erupted on the fringes of a Greek protest against government austerity measures Thursday, with riot police firing tear gas at hooded youths who hurled firebombs and vandalised stores. Clashes erupted at the start of a union protest and outside the nation's parliament as Greece was gripped by a second general strike in two weeks. Soon afterwards more youths broke out of a 300-strong anarchist bloc and attacked police outside parliament, vandalising a dozen stores in the surrounding area, police said.
