Inflation strikes disrupt trains, flights in Greece, Belgium

By ELENA BECATOROS
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Workers have walked off the job in Greece and Belgium during nationwide strikes against increasing consumer prices, disrupting transportation, forcing flight cancellations and shutting down public services in the latest European protests over the rising cost of living. In Greece, where workers were holding a 24-hour general strike, thousands of protesters marched in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki. Brief clashes broke out at the end of demonstrations in both cities, with small groups of protesters to throw Molotov cocktails and rocks at riot police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. European countries have faced a series of protests and strikes as Russia’s war in Ukraine has driven up energy and food prices.