- ATHENS: Greece's biggest public sector union called a 24-hour strike for March 16 to protest new austerity measures expected from the government within days as it eyes a possible euro zone bailout from a crippling debt crisis.
Details of the latest walkout came as taxi drivers abandoned their vehicles on Tuesday, taking to the streets to march in protest at a tax clampdown, though polls indicated relatively strong public support for the government's budget measures. EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn on Monday called on Greece to do more to rein in a budget deficit whose scale has prompted fears over the country's ability to service its debt and shaken confidence in the euro zone and its single currency.
