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Anger over austerity: Third day of rallies in Greece over pensions and tax reforms

The Greek capital saw a third day of rallies as the parliament prepared to vote on a series of reforms including tax hikes and pension cuts. Athens is hoping to push through the reforms required by th

Economy

Why so much Greek anger over tax and pension reforms

Greek tax and pension reforms have to be approved by the country's lawmakers on Sunday if Athens is to get the next, previously delayed, tranche of more than five billion euros of bailout cash.

World News

National issues highlighted in Europe's May Day rallies

May Day celebrations turned sour in Istanbul as Turkish police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon at anti-government protesters. They were

World

Exclusive: Greek PM says crisis nearly over, no more austerity needed

The Greek economy is just one step away from a recovery but needs debt relief, not further austerity, to overcome its crisis for good, Prime Minister

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Greece

Exclusive: Greece needs debt relief to take final step to recovery, says Tspiras

Greece's economy is just one step away from a recovery but needs debt relief, not further austerity, Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras has told euronews.

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Greek farmers block Athens airport road junction with tractors

Greek farmers continued temporary highway blockages on Friday to protest against the left-led government’s planned pension reforms. Regional farmers

Greece

Greece faces first 2016 protests against reforms

The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms have brought thousands of farmers out on the streets in protests in the north of the country, and in

Greece

Greece approves latest reform bill in exchange for 1 bn euros

Greece’s leftist-led government has survived another parliamentary vote on a reform bill demanded by the country’s international lenders. In return

Economy

Unemployment in Greece falls - ever so slightly

Unemployment in Greece fell slightly in September. Official figures put the rate at 24.6 percent, down a tenth of a percentage point from an upwardly

Spain

Spanish government poll says it will win country's election

According to a Spanish government opinion poll, the country’s governing People’s Party is set to win the most seats in this month’s general election

Economy

Will anti-austerity Portugal become the new Greece?

Is Portugal about to take the same path as Greece? That’s the question being asked as the country’s new Socialist government was sworn in promising

Greece

Greek 24-hour general strike as protesters demonstrate against austerity measures

Workers in Greece have responded to austerity measures and taken to the streets of Athens. Three separate rallies led to the centre of the city being

Greece

Street clashes in Athens as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces general strike

On the streets of Athens the crack of tear gas being fired echoed in the city. The clashes erupted between police and anti-austerity protesters many

Economy

International troika back in Athens to assess Greek reform progress

The troika of international creditors arrive back in Athens to assess Greece’s progress in implementing the third bailout programme and to urge

Greece

Greek MPs say yes to cash-for-reforms, but not everybody is happy

Greek MPs vote yes to the latest cash-for-reforms deal, but trade union leaders vow to fight to overthrow the measures.

World

Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics

Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to

Belgium

Anti-austerity protesters battle police in Brussels

Police and anti-austerity protesters have engaged in running battles in the Belgian capital Brussels. Tens of thousands took to the streets as part

Economy

Tsipras returns as PM in decisive Greek election

Alexis Tsipras and his leftist Syriza parts have been voted back into power after a surprisingly decisive Greek election – the country’s fifth in six

My Europe Series

Struggling to survive: Greek SMEs count the cost of reform

Greeks go to the polls once again this month over a bailout package that has deepened their country’s political turmoil. Prime Minister Alexis

World News

Greece: Anti-austerity protesters denounce 'ever-closer' bailout deal

Anti-austerity protesters marched on the streets of Athens on Wednesday as Greece moves closer to concluding a deal with lenders on a multi-billion