Anti-austerity Strike

Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

Police and protesters clashed in Spain and Italy on Wednesday as millions of workers went on strike in organised labour's biggest Europe-wide challenge to austerity policies since the euro zone debt crisis erupted three years ago.

Millions of workers joined strikes across southern Europe on Wednesday to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes that trade unions say have brought misery and deepened the region's economic crisis.

Flights and trains were suspended, shops pulled down their shutters and tens of thousands took to the streets on Wednesday in Greece's first big anti-austerity strike since a coalition government took power in June.

Greece has been pushed further into an abyss. Bickering among European nations has already made it difficult for the European Central Bank to go ahead with the rescue plan for Greece. Thousands of Greek protesters surrounded the parliament building on Wednesday as a general strike paralysed the country and the prime minister held emergency talks...

Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

Police and protesters clashed in Spain and Italy on Wednesday as millions of workers went on strike in organised labour's biggest Europe-wide challenge to austerity policies since the euro zone debt crisis erupted three years ago.

Millions of workers joined strikes across southern Europe on Wednesday to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes that trade unions say have brought misery and deepened the region's economic crisis.

Flights and trains were suspended, shops pulled down their shutters and tens of thousands took to the streets on Wednesday in Greece's first big anti-austerity strike since a coalition government took power in June.

Greece has been pushed further into an abyss. Bickering among European nations has already made it difficult for the European Central Bank to go ahead with the rescue plan for Greece. Thousands of Greek protesters surrounded the parliament building on Wednesday as a general strike paralysed the country and the prime minister held emergency talks...