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5/12/2012 5:47:32 PM
Two fire bombs were thrown at the offices of Italy's tax enforcement agency Equitalia in the port city of Livorno in the latest in a string of attacks on one of crisis-hit Italy's symbols of austerity
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5/11/2012 11:28:37 AM
If Greece's former ruling pro-austerity parties fail to form a coalition, mandatory new elections may destroy any chances they have of exerting influence on a coming government
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5/11/2012 11:05:15 AM
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5/10/2012 7:58:29 PM
European Union official warns that austerity package deal made with Greece is 'non-negotiable', following possible amendments to deal by the new Greek government
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5/10/2012 7:56:41 PM
More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through London with hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers on strike over government austerity measures
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5/8/2012 3:22:12 PM
Led by the far-left Syriza party, Greek leftists to form government rejecting previously planned austerity measures; chances of a Greek exit from the EU are now greater
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5/7/2012 6:26:42 PM
In the southern European states, even centre-right leaders are relieved by the victory of an anti-austerity candidate
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5/7/2012 2:50:53 PM
Greece's parliament speaker Philippos Petsalniko urges remaining with the EU after parliamentary election results gave rise to doubts EU-IMF bailout will be approved
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5/6/2012 8:40:25 PM
Exit polls show main proponents of implementing austerity measures in Greece have lost popularity; chance of a eurozone breakaway if forthcoming government is not willing to implement reforms, says German economist
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Economy
5/4/2012 2:49:26 PM
Former Brazilian president says rich nations should practise the austerity they preach to the poorer nations of the world
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Economy
5/1/2012 2:42:44 PM
Labour groups rally across the globe to demand higher pay and voice their opposition to harsh austerity measures
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Economy
4/30/2012 2:29:23 PM
Stimulus may gradually be replacing belt-tightening as the West's favoured way out of economic crisis
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Economy
4/30/2012 12:20:16 PM
Fiscal belt-tightening and labour reforms are having 'devastating consequences' for global employment, says organisation
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Economy
4/20/2012 4:34:49 PM
Jean-Luc Melenchon, whose run for the French presidency has seen a recent surge of support, suggests sweeping economic changes and says IMF-backed austerity is pushing Europe into crisis
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Economy
4/14/2012 4:35:31 PM
Two-thirds of Greeks polled say country should stay in the eurozone but adopt an alternative recovery plan amid harsh austerity measures
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4/9/2012 2:33:50 PM
Austerity offices target of makeshift bomb in Greece as the country undertakes economic policies causing public discontent
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4/5/2012 9:33:25 AM
Journalists are shoved away from the site in Athens where protesters gathered after an elderly man commit suicide due to debt
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4/4/2012 9:29:00 AM
Man shoots himself near the parliament building in Athens, the main rallying point for demonstrations against government austerity measures
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World
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4/3/2012 8:48:20 PM
Elderly Italian woman leaps to her death after pension is slashed by 200 Euro
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Economy
4/2/2012 1:45:44 PM
Jobless rate rises for its 10th consecutive month as bloc's 17 nations enforce austerity measures to curb the two-year long debt crisis
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