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Athens

Roger Boyes, Athens

Greece has been cut off from the outside world for 24 hours as angry public sector workers brought the country’s airports, ferry terminals and overland border crossings to a standstill.

Revolutionary songs blared through loudspeakers in central Athens and tens of thousands of strikers chanted “Traitors! Traitors!” in front of the Greek parliament as they protested against government austerity measures designed to cut the country’s budget deficit of 12.7 per cent to 2.7 per cent in three short years.

The moves, which will entail a hiring freeze in the public sector, a 10 per cent cut in supplementary pay and an increase in the retirement age are supposed to send a signal to the rest of the eurozone that Greece is intent on getting its house in order.

But the leftist unions are determined to make a stand against the Socialist government of George Papandreou.
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GREEK NATIONAL HOLIDAYS


  • New Years Day • January 1

  • Epiphany • January 6

  • Greek National Holiday • March 25

  • Easter* • April / May*

  • Labor Day • May 1

  • Ascension Day • May / June

  • Assumption Day • August 15

  • War Memorial Day • October 28

  • Christmas Day • December 25

  • St. Stephen's Day • December 26

*Exact date varies yearly.