1000s hold anti-austerity demo in Greece

Thousands of Greeks have staged a demonstration to protest against the education budget cuts imposed by the government.

According to AFP, on Saturday, Greek teachers and students took to the streets of Athens to make their voices heard.
One of the protesters said “Education in Greece is in a tragic condition. Schools are cold and without basic resources, and our wages are constantly reduced.”
Meanwhile, in Portugal on Saturday, tens of thousands of people staged a demonstration against government spending cuts and tax hikes, ostensibly imposed to lift the country out of recession.
On January 12, Greek lawmakers approved new tax legislation intended to increase government revenues by 2.3 billion euros in a few months.
Greece has been at the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis and is experiencing its sixth year of recession, while harsh austerity measures have left tens of thousands of people without jobs.