March accompanies one-day strike that shuts down Athens International Airport , schools . The Greek government has been in talks with the European Union and IMF to secure a bailout for its struggling economy but is facing resistance from within its own ranks. The latest cuts are a bid by the Greek government to qualify for the sixth installment of its bailout plan , worth some $ 10.6 billion . Greece 's finance minister says country will miss deficit target by $ 2 billion this year . The school year began without textbooks .
March accompanies one-day strike that shuts down Athens International Airport , schools . The Greek government has been in talks with the European Union and IMF to secure a bailout for its struggling economy but is facing resistance from within its own ranks. Greece 's finance minister says country will miss deficit target by $ 2 billion this year . The school year began without textbooks .