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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-02-15
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[01] Parliament to vote on controversial transport bill amid strike
[01] Parliament to vote on controversial transport bill amid strike
Public transport came to a halt in Athens on Tuesday due to a strike
called by urban transport employee unions in protest of a bill
revamping mass transit, which is due to be voted on in parliament the
same day.
Downtown Athens will be inaccessible for several hours on Tuesday as
the striking transport employees will stage a protest rally outside
parliament beginning at noon, effectively clsoing off surrounding
streets.
Commuter transport employees held a motorcycle demonstration on Monday,
the day parliament began a heated debated on the bill. Protestors
gathered at central Kotzia Square, from where they set off on
motorcycles through downtown Athens, by parliament, and ending up at
the Transport Ministry on Messogion Avenue.
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