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Athens News Agency: News in English, 12-02-12
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[01] Hooded youths again mar major protest in downtown Athens
[02] Deregulation of petrol stations
[01] Hooded youths again mar major protest in downtown Athens
AMNA--Scores of hooded individuals threw rocks, stones and firebombs
at riot police outside the Greek Parliament on Sunday afternoon, once
again spoiling a much larger demonstration by protesters rallying
against the latest round of austerity measures demanded by Greece's
creditors to approve a new bailout package. amna
The hoodlums, alternately identified as self-styled anarchists,
anti-state agitators or even disgruntled and marginalised teens,
subsequently looted nearby closed stores and tried to burn others in
and around Syntagma Square.
The original protest was called by the two major labour union umbrellas
groups in the country and the communist party-affiliated labour grouping
against the new memorandum. amna
According to authorities, groups of hooded individuals attacked riot
police, with the latter responding with teargas and flash grenades.
[02] Deregulation of petrol stations
AMNA---Deregulation of gas stations' working hours, allowing the
operation of petrol stations at super markets and liberalisation of
PPC fares in a year -- second quarter 2013 -- as well as acceleration
of the sell-off of lignite-fired and hydroelectric power plants is
foreseen in the new memorandum for the energy sector. amna
For gas stations, in particular, the government is obliged to fully
deregulate the sector's working hours.
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