After a teacher's murder by right-wing elements, the teachers' unions ordered an immediate strike in all schools. In Athens, violence erupted and more than one hundred people were hospitalized.
Andreas Papandreou's trial. The televised trial of Papandreou and three other politicians for illegal arms dealings with the Middle East opened on March 11 and dominated the political scene in Greece throughout the year. As the accusations were subsequently discredited, Papandreou was acquitted on Jan. 17, 1992. In May the parliament voted to drop the charges against Papandreou.
A 24-hour general strike was called, in reaction to the government's economic policy, by two principal unions and supported by PASOK. Thirty thousand workers marched on the Parliament building calling for action against unemployment and the increasing cost of living.
