(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The violence started outside the parliament building on Thursday, as hundreds of Communist unionist's battled rioters throwing firebombs to gain control of the Syntagma square.
More than 50,000 angry protesters gathered outside the parliament today, as a second package of austerity measures won its initial parliamentary approval.
Meanwhile, a general 48-hour strike is underway in Greece targeting tourist attractions, planes, trains and boats as well as banks, schools and even shops selling basic consumer goods.
Greece is struggling to reduce a huge government deficit amid fears that a possible default, triggering a eurozone crisis, could be on the horizon.
The European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have provided Greece with two rescue packages in return for tough austerity measures.
Greece must persuade both the EU and the IMF that it is making sufficient financial reforms. Otherwise, it will not receive its next bailout installment and will go bankrupt within weeks.
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