A news blackout was experienced on Wednesday as
journalists walked off the job for 24 hours, just one day before the
general strike in Greece.
There were
no newspapers, the TV and radio stations halted news broadcasts, as
hundreds of journalists, technicians and staff from television and radio
stations and daily newspapers rallied with other professionals in the
center of Athens on Wednesday.
The journalists carried anti-austerity banners and slogans saying, for
example, “We want jobs, no more unemployment. We can’t live on
starvation wages in the 21st century.”
At the same time, lawyers, pharmacists and doctors staged a similar peaceful protest in front of the Finance Ministry in Athens.... read more and watch video.
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