Greeks strike as new tax, pension reforms loom


  • World
  • Friday, 06 May 2016

A Greek national flag flutters atop the Athens' University, Greece, May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks started a 48-hour nationwide strike on Friday in anger at tax and pension reforms pursued by the indebted nation to qualify for more of a multi-billion euro bailout it signed up to last year.

Called by the largest private and public sector unions, the strike left ships docked at port, disrupted public transport and kept civil servants and journalists off the job.

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