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Greece and Norway report their first suspected cases of monkeypox.
2022-05-21

At least 27 migrants die in a shipwreck in the Aegean Sea when a boat capsizes in the Turkish bay of Edremit, near the Greek island of Lesbos.
2016-02-8

Greek labor unions begin a general strike to protest ongoing government austerity measures shuting down public medical, educational, and transportational services.
2014-11-27

Unions in Greece call a general strike over new austerity measures.
2013-07-16

A man is killed and at least 74 people are injured in major riots in the Greek capital Athens on the second day of a nationwide general strike, as Greeks protest in their thousands against new austerity measures intended to alleviate the country's ongoing debt crisis.
2011-10-20

Amid major riots and a general strike, the Hellenic Parliament approves a highly controversial package of austerity measures aimed at resolving Greece's ongoing debt crisis. The austerity measures include higher taxes and cuts to public sector wages.
2011-10-20

The European Commission denounces international credit ratings agencies as "questionable" after Portugal is downgraded by Moody's, while Greece's foreign minister Stavros Lambrinidis calls their behaviour "madness".
2011-07-6

Greek trade unions go on a general strike with transport links including airline flights being cancelled.
2011-06-28

Greece's budget deficit for 2010 is 10.5% of gross domestic product, significantly higher than expected.
2011-04-26

Trade unions in India declare a bandh or general strike to protest a hike in fuel prices. India is crippled.
2010-09-7