A demonstration by a collection of unions turned into full scale rioting Wednesday in Athens, Greece, marking the seventh such incident to take place there this year. Rioters threw paving stones and Molotov cocktails at police. A former Greek Minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, was beaten about the head and shoulders. He escaped the rioters with the help of his body guards but was left bloodied.
The unions are protesting new labor laws which they say will give employers powers over them not seen since the Middle Ages. They further state that the new laws are directly connected to a 110 billion Euro international bail-out package which their government accepted in their name. Continue reading “Renewed Rioting in Greece”