AFP - Strikers brought most of Greece to a halt Thursday with a 24-hour stoppage in protest at government policies that paralysed air and sea travel and other public transport.
  
Airlines Olympic and Aegean cancelled some 100 flights, including a dozen to international destinations, while foreign companies altered their schedules because of a four-hour walkout by air traffic controllers.
  
All boat links with the Greek Islands were also suspended for 24 hours, while rail traffic and urban transport was limited to services allowing strikers to reach rallying-points for demonstrations.
  
Media workers also struck, leaving the country without television and radio news bulletins, while the national news agency was silent and newspapers will not appear on Friday.
  
The strike has been organised by two of the country's biggest union organisations, which have some 800,000 members between them. They are protesting against job losses, the relaxation of employment regulations and plans to modify the rights of women in the civil service.