Saturday, June 18, 2011

Greek debt crisis: protests renewed over reshuffle status quo










Thousands of Greeks have marched on parliament in a show of renewed public anger after the prime minister, George Papandreou, reshuffled his cabinet and vowed to push on with deeply unpopular austerity measures.

In a move aimed at stifling dissent in his Socialist party, Papandreou on Friday dismissed his finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, who masterminded the five-year austerity programme that has sparked weeks of protests.


guardian