06/11/2012 12:14
48 hour strike in Greece
Greece is braced for a 48-hour general strike across public and private sectors in protest at a proposed new wave of spending cuts, the BBC reports.
Protest marches - which regularly end in running battles with police - are planned for the centre of Athens.
The action coincides with a debate in parliament on the austerity measures, with a vote by MPs due on Wednesday.
Greece must back the measures, and the 2013 budget, to receive the next part of a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.