#FactOfTheDay: Greece approves new austerity measures
The Greek parliament approved, last night, a new set of austerity measures agreed between Alexis Tsipras’ government and international creditors. While the vote was held, about 10,000 people took part in the protests outside the Parliament, with a small group which broke away to confront the police. Hooded youths threw petrol bombs at officers who responded with tear gas. Dozens of masked youths broke out of the crowd to throw gasoline bombs at police guarding the accesses to the parliament building.