Greece seeing fuel crisis as truckers step up strike

Fuel has run out in all but a few of the capital's petrol stations and shortages are already reported in many major cities.

The transport ministry has invited union leaders to talks to break the deadlock which began over plans to liberalize the freight sector. The truckers say that opening the sector by reducing new license charges is unfair to existing operators who have already paid high start-up fees running up to 300,000 euros (US$390,000).

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