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March 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda In line with the industrial action, the metro as well as tram and train services in the central part of the capital Athens all started to shut down on Thursday, leaving morning commuters dependent on buses and taxis.
The health service cuts were approved earlier in the day as part of the austerity measures needed to secure a new EUR-130-billion European Union/International Monetary Fund (IMF) rescue loan.
Greece has the highest debt burden in proportion to the size of its economy in the entire 17-nation eurozone. Despite austerity cuts and bailout funds, the country has been in recession since 2009.
The Greeks are increasingly angry about the measures as they doubt that the cuts would help out an economy with 20% unemployment, shops that close one after another, and tightened budgets for the households.
Elsewhere in Europe, Italy’s transport workers were on a four-hour-long nationwide strike on Thursday called by the country’s main transport unions over cuts imposed on the public transportation budget and delays in the renewal of the workers’ contracts.
The strike affected all means of public transport across the country, including trains, buses, and metro in the central part of the capital Rome, prompting people to seek alternative modes of transportation.
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