Thousands of Greeks to the streets of Athens to protests parliament's passage of the latest austerity measures.
Under the latest measures, twenty-five thousand government workers will be laid off, in eight months.
Most of those laid off will be teachers and city police.
Greece needed to pass the bill in order to receive bailout money from the EU.
To try and ease tensions, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced that one of Greece's taxes will be lowered from twenty-three down thirteen percent.
However, Samaras warned that if tax evasion continues, he will raise the tax back up.

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