NICOSIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Cypriot state utility and port workers walked off the job on Friday over the government's privatisation plans, in the first mass protest against the terms of an international bailout brokered almost a year ago.
Staff at Cyprus telecoms CyTA and the Cyprus Ports Authority called a 24-hour strike, and the electricity authority a 12-hour stoppage from 0700 local time (0500 GMT).
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