Greece’s private creditors signaled progress late Tuesday in a bond-swap deal but crucial debt negotiations over another round of austerity measures dragged into another day.
The talks came after more than 20,000 protesters marched through central Athens as unions called a general strike against the new job cuts and tax hikes. The strike halted trains and ferries, closed down schools and banks and put state hospitals on short staffing. Several hundred protesters clashed with riot police outside Parliament and set fire to a German flag.
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