ATHENS — Services across Greece were shutting down Wednesday as unions held a 24-hour general strike to protest further austerity cuts in the cash-strapped country.
The strike disrupted public transport, halted ferry and train services, shut down courts, state-run schools and left state hospitals and the ambulance service functioning with emergency staff.
Dozens of flights were cancelled or rescheduled as air traffic controllers were to walk off the job for three hours from noon in support of the labour action. Two separate protest marches were scheduled for central Athens midmorning.
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