Firebombs in Athens as Greeks protest EU-imposed pension reforms

‘More than 15,000 people took to the streets of Athens as unions called a general strike to protest pension cuts agreed to as part of an €86-billion bailout deal accepted by the country’s left-wing government this summer.

Most demonstrations around the country have reportedly passed peacefully. In the capital, however, as columns of union members converged at the central square in front of the parliament building, several dozen protesters split off and began throwing Molotov cocktails at the riot police. Authorities said they managed to isolate the instigators within minutes, and there was no escalation in the violence.’

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