Rubbish piles raise health fears in strike-hit Greece


  • World
  • Monday, 26 Jun 2017

People walk past a pile of garbage in Piraeus, near Athens, Greece June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Sacks of rubbish and rotting vegetables piled high on the pavements of Athens' port of Piraeus on Monday - signs of a mounting labour dispute fast turning into a public health crisis.

Pensioner Fotini Papadaki held her nose as she added her own small bag to the mounds. "It's deplorable, I understand job worries but taking it out on society ... is going too far," she said.

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