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Greek crisis: Mass strikes over civil servant job cuts
A week of mass strike action has begun in Greece in protest at large public sector layoffs and forced transfers.
State school teachers walked out on Monday in the first of a planned five-day rolling strike.
Civil servants have called a separate two-day strike on Wednesday, backed by universities, doctors and lawyers.
The job cuts are part of bailout conditions imposed by international creditors, due to meet in Athens to discuss the next loan instalment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24105379
State school teachers walked out on Monday in the first of a planned five-day rolling strike.
Civil servants have called a separate two-day strike on Wednesday, backed by universities, doctors and lawyers.
The job cuts are part of bailout conditions imposed by international creditors, due to meet in Athens to discuss the next loan instalment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24105379