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Violence has broken out in Athens after a protest against pension reforms called for by international creditors, adding more pressure on the leftist-led government. Nathan Frandino reports.
Hardly visible through the smoke, Athens' streets are littered by bottles and other bits of debris following a protest that turned violent against a planned name change for neighbouring Macedonia that parliament is due to ratify. IMAGES of the streets
Violent clashes have broken out in Athens after Greek workers walked off the job to protest austerity measures demanded by international lenders. As Sonia Legg reports, the strike is a test for the prime minister who came to power promising to end austerity, but accepted the unpopular terms of a third bailout under the threat of a euro zone exit.
Violent clashes have broken out in Athens after Greek workers walked off the job to protest austerity measures demanded by international lenders. As Sonia Legg reports, the strike is a test for the prime minister who came to power promising to end austerity, but accepted the unpopular terms of a third bailout under the threat of a euro zone exit.
Greek police fire tear gas at firebomb-throwing protesters outside parliament as tens of thousands demonstrated in Athens over the country's worst rail tragedy and called on the prime minister to quit. Fity-seven people were killed, and 14 others remain in hospital after a freight train crashed head-on with a passenger train, carrying mostly students, on February 28. IMAGES
Protests in Athens against a deal brokered with neighbouring Macedonia to end a 27-year name dispute turn violent as protesters clash with police. IMAGES of violent clashes
Thousands have demonstrated against austerity economics that was held during a 24 hour strike as the leftist-led government wrangled over the terms of Greece's third bailout.
Several thousand protesters march to the Israeli embassy in Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with many protesters chanting "Free Palestine" whilst calling for immediate ceasefire in the deadly war between Israel and Hamas. Since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory saying 9,770 people have been killed, nearly half of them -- at least 4,800 -- children. IMAGES
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers stage violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, shuttering hundreds of garment factories in the country. IMAGES