Greek civil servants stage a second day of protests in Athens over controversial austerity measures.<br/> International inspectors who arrived in Greece on Thursday to look at the country's financial health - were forced to turn around from the transport ministry due to the occupation.<br/> Protesters are growing tired of the sacrifices they're having to make.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) NURSE, KIRIAKI VOUYOU, 36, SAYING:<br/> "We haven't been paid since June. We have only been paid until May and now with the wage cuts, they are taking away four hundred euros per month from us. I have been working for ten years, I used to get a thousand euros per month and now I get six hundred. Who can live on six hundred euros per month?"<br/> Protesters also prevented officials from meeting at the finance ministry - they were forced to meet at the Deputy Prime Minister's Office instead.<br/> A mission from the EU, IMF and ECB, known as the 'troika' is in Athens to discuss an 8 billion euro installment of aid that Greece needs next month, to avoid bankruptcy.<br/> Analysts expect Greece will be given the installment, but there are widespread expectations Greece will default anyway in coming months.<br/> The troika is expected to report back in two to three weeks on Greece's progress.<br/> French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to further discuss the debt situation, which is causing concern on a global scale.<br/> The euro was weighed down by the lack of a visible solution to the crisis - while (check at close) European shares ended their worst quarter since the height of the financial crisis in 2008.<br/> Kirsty Basset, Reuters.
