Protesters And Riot Police Clash In Athens (16 Photos)
Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in Athens after some 50,000 people finished a peaceful march against cutbacks intended to fix the country’s debt crisis.
The violence lasted about 30 minutes, when scores of youths hurled rocks, red paint and plastic bottles near the parliament building.
Labour unions organised the protest march amid a 24-hour general strike that grounded flights, shut schools and crippled public services, in a show of strength against the government.
Unions say cutting Greeks’ so-called 14th salary — part of annual pay held back as a holiday bonus — for public workers would be taken as “an act of war”.
Posted on February 25, 2010 | Filed Under Life
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