ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Police in central Athens have used pepper spray to disperse protesting doctors and state hospital staff, in the latest protest against public spending cuts.
Riot police briefly clashed with scores of doctors and other demonstrators who tried to force their way into the Health Ministry. No injuries or arrests were reported.
Inspectors from the European Union and International Monetary Fund are currently in Greece to review the crisis-hit country's austerity program agreed last year in return for a euro110 billion ($155 billion) bailout loan deal.
Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in central Athens for a second day later Thursday, in a rally organized using social-networking sites and inspired by similar mass protests in financially troubled Spain.
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