Greek media launched rolling 24-hour anti-austerity strikes on Wednesday, as the government was due to present a new budget draft for next year and face a key vote in parliament on the privatization program. Journalists and technicians in dailies, magazines, and television and radio channels gathered outside the parliament building chanting anti-austerity slogans and waving banners to protest the "unfairness". The General Confederation of Greek Workers union (GSEE) and the public sector union (ADEDY) have called for a new anti-austerity rally in Athens later on Wednesday ahead of a fresh general strike planned for next week.

The General Confederation of Greek Workers union (GSEE) protests against austerity measures (Photo: PressTV)

As protests culminate, government ministers warn that without a sealed austerity and reform package by a Eurogroup meeting on Nov. 12, Greece will not be granted with a nearly 41-billion-U.S. dollar aid tranche from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund lenders who keep the country afloat. This means Greech will face the immediate insolvency.