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11/2/2011 3:30:38 PM
Uncertainty following the Greek decision to hold a referendum on the 130 billion euro bailout package sends European markets into financial mayhem
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10/28/2011 11:45:28 AM
High unemployment is driving thousands of qualified Greeks to leave their home country and seek better opportunities elsewhere
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10/27/2011 11:22:16 AM
The deal entails that the private sector accepts a nominal 50 per cent cut in its bond investments to reduce Greece's debt burden by 100 billion euros, cutting its debts to 120 per cent of GDP by 2020, from 160 per cent now
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10/19/2011 4:49:23 PM
Protesters clash violently with police in front of the Greek parliament to protest austerity measures proposed by the government, what they believe will be devastating for the poor
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10/16/2011 5:41:01 PM
Images from the protests in the Italian capital against the the Berlusconi government's austerity plans
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10/16/2011 3:10:14 PM
Virgin Mary statue destroyed during protests Saturday in the Italian capital against government austerity package
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10/14/2011 7:21:39 PM
Amidst social turmoil and calls for a 48-hour general strike, the Greek government is going through with the proposed austerity measures
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10/13/2011 6:55:28 PM
Demonstrations to be held across 71 countries on six continents on Saturday to protest poor living conditions, economic injustice
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10/5/2011 1:23:53 PM
Global body advises a turn from austerity back towards stimulus but says a year-end recession is a live threat
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10/4/2011 6:21:48 PM
Government pleads for support in the face of protests, warning that without its austerity measures, Greece may default on its national debt
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9/28/2011 3:24:34 PM
Athens comes to a near standstill as bus, metro, taxi and tram drivers strike against the latest wave of austerity measures and rising costs
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9/23/2011 3:30:20 PM
Greece denies seeking new measures to reduce debt in the face of strikes against hugely unpopular austerity measures
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9/21/2011 3:05:59 PM
Greek unions plan strikes in October against further austerity cuts following an Greek Finance Minister's announcement that Greece will do anything to remain in the EU
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9/20/2011 2:49:26 PM
Anger over government austerity measures spreads to Spain's education system, as public secondary school teachers in Madrid go on strike to protest staff cuts
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9/17/2011 2:02:38 PM
Trade unions from across the 27 EU member-states demonstrate in the streets of the southwestern Polish city of Wroclaw, expressing their rejection for the recently imposed austerity measures
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9/14/2011 2:57:32 PM
Italian governments wins confidence vote to push through austerity package to balance the budget in 2013
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9/8/2011 11:51:50 AM
Greek taxi drivers, hospital doctors and dentists walked out on their jobs at the start of a new round of anti-austerity protests by professional groups and labour unions in the debt-ridden country
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9/6/2011 3:05:21 PM
Italian workers respond to calls of union to strike, putting pressure on parliamentarians discussing austerity measures the brunt of which would arguably be laid on the poor
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9/6/2011 2:06:00 PM
A general strike in Italy and protests in Spain against proposed government austerity measures
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8/11/2011 3:05:06 PM
Letter calls for reform of the pensions system, an acceleration of austerity measures, cut in public sector salaries and a reform of labour legislation
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