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| Greece bailout: Tension in Athens over unpaid workers | Greece bailout: Tension in Athens over unpaid workers |
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| Protesters are appearing in court in the Greek capital Athens a day after a rally by shipyard workers against job cuts descended into violence. | Protesters are appearing in court in the Greek capital Athens a day after a rally by shipyard workers against job cuts descended into violence. |
| A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday. | A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday. |
| Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into the courtyard of the defence ministry. | Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into the courtyard of the defence ministry. |
| Greece may run out of money next month, its prime minister has warned. | Greece may run out of money next month, its prime minister has warned. |
| Antonis Samaras told the German daily Handelsblatt that his country could only survive until the end of November without the next planned tranche of bailout loans. | Antonis Samaras told the German daily Handelsblatt that his country could only survive until the end of November without the next planned tranche of bailout loans. |
| At stake is a 33.5bn euro (£27bn; $43bn) instalment from Greece's second bailout of 130bn euros. | At stake is a 33.5bn euro (£27bn; $43bn) instalment from Greece's second bailout of 130bn euros. |
| The conservative leader said it would be "very difficult" to make further cuts to pensions and wages. | The conservative leader said it would be "very difficult" to make further cuts to pensions and wages. |
| The troika of international lenders - the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank - is expecting cuts worth nearly 11.5bn euros in return for the tranche. | The troika of international lenders - the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank - is expecting cuts worth nearly 11.5bn euros in return for the tranche. |
| In another development, a Greek politician under investigation by the country's economic crimes squad has been found dead at his home. | |
| Leonidas Tzanis, 57, a former deputy interior minister from the Socialist Pasok party, was found by his wife in the central Greek town of Volos on Thursday evening, police said. | |
| His death is being treated as suicide. | |
| Runway protest | Runway protest |
| Also due to appear in court on Friday were a number of anti-fascist demonstrators arrested earlier this week. | Also due to appear in court on Friday were a number of anti-fascist demonstrators arrested earlier this week. |
| Police could be seen gently moving back supporters of the detainees who had gathered near the courthouse. | Police could be seen gently moving back supporters of the detainees who had gathered near the courthouse. |
| During Thursday's unrest, protesters clashed with police both at the defence ministry and outside Greek police headquarters. | During Thursday's unrest, protesters clashed with police both at the defence ministry and outside Greek police headquarters. |
| When they forced open the shuttered entrance to the defence ministry complex, they crossed the courtyard and blocked the entrance to the general staff building, demanding to meet ministry officials. | When they forced open the shuttered entrance to the defence ministry complex, they crossed the courtyard and blocked the entrance to the general staff building, demanding to meet ministry officials. |
| Greece's top military officer, Gen Michalis Kostarakos, emerged to speak to them but was heckled with shouts of "thieves!" | Greece's top military officer, Gen Michalis Kostarakos, emerged to speak to them but was heckled with shouts of "thieves!" |
| "First get off my base," he said, arguing the military had no part in a labour dispute with the government. | "First get off my base," he said, arguing the military had no part in a labour dispute with the government. |
| Police made scores of arrests, prompting the second protest outside police headquarters, where pepper spray was used to disperse the crowd. | Police made scores of arrests, prompting the second protest outside police headquarters, where pepper spray was used to disperse the crowd. |
| Demonstrators say they have not been paid for several months while their place of work, Hellenic Shipyards, is threatened with bankruptcy. | Demonstrators say they have not been paid for several months while their place of work, Hellenic Shipyards, is threatened with bankruptcy. |
| Operating at less than capacity for months, the shipyards depend on modernisation contracts from the Greek armed forces, which have been suspended or delayed due to the financial crisis. | Operating at less than capacity for months, the shipyards depend on modernisation contracts from the Greek armed forces, which have been suspended or delayed due to the financial crisis. |
| Also on Thursday, hundreds of farmers on the island of Crete tried to storm the runway of Heraklion airport and clashed with police. | |
| They were protesting against lower tax returns and higher insurance contributions. | They were protesting against lower tax returns and higher insurance contributions. |