austerity

Grexit: Greece Pledges to Keep Repaying Its Debts

Greece will keep repaying its debt as long as possible, government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis has said. The government’s statement comes…

9 years ago

Poland: Mass anti-government rally against labor law changes

Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Warsaw in the last of four days of Polish protests against proposed…

11 years ago

Pope Francis receives 20-year-old Renault 4 as a gift

Pope Francis has received a 20-year-old white Renault 4 to drive himself around Vatican City. The car - which has…

11 years ago

EU member states allowed to slow their pace of austerity cuts

The European Commission has announced it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid…

11 years ago

Nicos Anastasiades wins Cyprus presidential election with 57.5%

Nicos Anastasiades has won the Cypriot presidential election with 57.5% of the vote. It was a comfortable victory of the…

12 years ago

Bulgarian government resigns after nationwide protests against electricity prices

Bulgarian government is resigning after nationwide protests against high electricity prices and austerity, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has announced. "I…

12 years ago

European Council agrees on 2014-2020 EU budget

EU leaders have reached agreement on the 7-year budget for 2014-2020 after marathon talks in Brussels. The deal was announced…

12 years ago

EU to begin 7-year budget summit in Brussels

European Union leaders are due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels to try to strike a deal on its…

12 years ago

Greek parliament approves new tax increases

The Greek parliament has approved a series of unpopular tax rises aimed at boosting revenue in line with Athens' commitments…

12 years ago

S&P increases Greece’s rating from selective default to B-minus

Standard and Poor's has raised the credit rating of Greece's sovereign debt by six levels, praising the "strong determination" of…

12 years ago

Borut Pahor wins Slovenia’s presidential election

Borut Pahor, former Slovenian prime minister, has won an emphatic victory in the country's presidential run-off election. With almost all…

12 years ago

EU 2014-2020 budget agreement unlikely to be reached at Brussels summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she doubts an agreement can be reached on the European Union's 2014-2020 budget at the…

12 years ago

Costas Vaxevanis goes on trial for publishing names of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts

Greek journalist Costas Vaxevanis is due to go on trial in Athens for breach of privacy after publishing the names…

12 years ago

Lithuanians vote in parliamentary election

Lithuanians have begun voting for a new parliament in a ballot seen in the wider EU as a test for…

12 years ago

Athens tightens its security ahead of Angela Merkel visit

Athens is tightening its security ahead of a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her first since the eurozone crisis…

12 years ago

Greece’s governing coalition reaches basic agreement on the austerity package for 2013-2014

Greece’s finance minister Yannis Stournaras says the three parties in the country's governing coalition have reached a "basic agreement" on…

12 years ago

Greece: police fire tear gas and arrest dozens of protesters during one-day strike in Athens

Police have fired tear gas in Greece to disperse anarchists throwing petrol bombs near parliament in Athens. Dozens were arrested…

12 years ago

Greece: trade unions begin anti-austerity general strike

Greek trade unions have begun the first general strike since the country's conservative-led coalition government came to power in June.…

12 years ago

Occupy Congress: police fire rubber bullets and baton-charge at Madrid rally

Police have fired rubber bullets and baton-charged Spanish protesters attending a rally against austerity in Madrid. The clashes occurred as…

12 years ago

Occupy Congress: Spanish parliament ringed by riot police ahead of austerity march

Riot police have ringed the Spanish parliament in Madrid as protesters gather for a march against austerity tagged "Occupy Congress".…

12 years ago

Portugal backs down on tax rise

The centre-right government in Portugal has agreed to look for alternatives to a social security tax rise a week after…

12 years ago

Spain: nationwide anti-austerity protests end in unrest

Police in Spain have fired rubber bullets to clear demonstrators in Madrid as a day of nationwide protests against spending…

12 years ago

Spanish coal miners march in Madrid as Mariano Rajoy announces new austerity measures

Spanish coal miners came to march in Madrid with helmets on their heads and the worried look of men with…

12 years ago

European debt crisis cuts aid to poor countries

A new report by the aid watchdog Data shows that European debt crisis has led to cuts in government development…

12 years ago

Greece set to go for new elections after coalition failed to agree on new government

Evangelos Venizelos, leader of Greek Socialist Pasok party, has announced that the country is set to go to the polls…

12 years ago