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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-05-01Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Scuffles between demonstrators and police in AthensANA-MPA/Ninteen individuals were arrested on Saturday during scuffles with riot police in the framework of Labour Day rallies, in downtown AthensTen of them were sent before a prosecutor. Former parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis was targetted by individuals who surrounded him and shouted abuses at him. Riot police repelled them and Kaklamanis asked to be taken to hospital for precautionary reasons. [02] Labour Day ralliesLabour unions staged several rallies on Saturday, Labour Day, in Athens under the shadow of the government's expected new austerity measures.Athens Labour Center and the country's two main umbrella labour federations' rally was staged in Klathmonos square, downtown Athens. PAME labour union which is affiliated to Communist Party of Greece held a rally at Syndagma square and SYRIZA parliamentary alliance and other leftist parties held their own protest outside the Athens Archaelogical Museum. The rallies were concluded peacefully although scuffles were reported after the end of the demonstations. [03] Time for radical reversalANA-MPa/Communist Party (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga addressing on Saturday the demonstrators participating in PAME (Labour union affiliated to Communist party of Greece) rally for the Labour Day stressed "Whatever billions of euros they will give to the Greek state means nothing to the people, because the capital will continue to manipulate the workers and the rotten political system will continue to trod over and intimidate the labourers and to want workers without any dignity".Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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