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Greece hit by new general strike over austerity [View all]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19986804The strike is taking place as European leaders are in Brussels for a summit in which Greece's economic fate is likely to feature large.
Greece is currently preparing a 13.5bn-euro (£11bn; $17.7bn) austerity package to satisfy the "troika" of International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank lenders in return for its next 31.5bn-euro tranche of aid.
The country is due to run out of money next month.
However, trade union leaders says they hope to show EU leaders that a new wave of wage and pension cuts will only worsen the plight of the Greek people.
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