Please note that due to a 24-hour strike called by all press unions, English Proto Thema will only be sending out breaking stories from 6 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28 to 06.00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29.

Journalists are to gather for a protest rally outside the Greek Journalists Union (ESIEA) at Akadimias Street at noon on Thursday in protest against the government’s planned social security reforms by Labor Minister George Katrougalos.

The strike will affect news updates.