Greece’s two largest unions have called a 24-hour general strike for tomorrow to protest at the government’s move to close state-run TV and radio, a decision that has shocked the public and triggered a political crisis.

International austerity inspectors pressed Greece’s prime minister today to implement harsh new cost-cutting reforms as the country faces the alternative of losing the rescue loans that are keeping the country afloat.

A strike by civil servants today grounded all flights and shut down public services across Greece, as labour unions mounted their first major challenge to austerity measures in the debt-plagued country.