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Wed, 2011-02-09 15:06
Doctors at Greece’ main public health insurer, IKA, continued rolling strikes Wednesday, joined by state hospital doctors in greater Athens, as parliament is expected to approve the latest cost-cutting reforms later in the day.
Greece’s Socialist government has set in motion a series of longer-term austerity measures aimed at cutting overspending in return for international bailout loans worth €110 billion through 2012.
Doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, school teachers and public transport workers are all taking part in strikes this week against the latest round of austerity measures.
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