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The news of the general strike in Greece was carried by  a large number of German media. A detailed article under the title "Ominous Prospects in Greece" wass published in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, which refers to traffic chaos in Athens as the only essential consequence of the strike.

The General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), Greece's largest umbrella trade union organisation representing private-sector workers, has called a 24-hour nationwide general strike on Wednesday.

Greece will be in the grips of a generalstrike today, with the unions reacting to the vote on the omnibill tendered in Parliament, which is scheduled for this evening.