Greece braces itself for more protests
Greece is set to be hit by a second day of a general strike and mass protests.
Its parliament is due to take a final vote on tough new austerity measures later today.
Greek air traffic controllers held a 12-hour stoppage yesterday but have now gone back to work.
Workers in most other sectors, including taxi drivers, doctors, teachers sand construction workers, are due to continue their industrial action for another 24 hours.
Yesterday, a march in Athens by 100,000 people ended with violent clashes with police.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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