Athens  - Ships will remain anchored at ports across Greece and air transport is expected to be disrupted on Thursday after union groups Wednesday called a
24-hour nationwide strike to protest against government privatisation plans.

Hundreds of ships are expected to remain anchored at the ports of Pireaus near Athens and in the northern port city of Thessaloniki while bank and hospital workers will also walk off the job.

Athens  - Petrol pumps across Greece dried up on Monday as fuel truck drivers continued their week-long strike in an effort to press for higher distribution fees.

Athens/Nicosia  - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias on Friday said working and technical groups from both sides of the divided Mediterranean island were having problems trying to narrow their

Athens/Nicosia  -  Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders will meet each other on a social level Wednesday, the first time since breakthrough talks took place in March.

Athens - An appeals trial for four convicted members of a Greek far-left terrorist group, Revolutionary Popular Struggle, began on Wednesday at a top security prison in Athens.

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