Airport News
Airliners were grounded, trains halted and tax offices shut on Wednesday as Greek state workers walked off the job to protest against austerity measures, defying a plea by the government to rally behind its effort to fend off national bankruptcy.
At Athens Airport, more than 400 domestic and international flights were cancelled, an airport spokeswoman said.
Hospitals ran on emergency staff and some state schools closed in the first nationwide strike against EU/IMF-prescribed salary cuts and layoffs after a summer lull.
