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Irish Times – Belgium’s first general strike since 1993 brought the country to halt today in an anti-austerity protest aimed at the government and EU leaders meeting in Brussels. Unions have called the general strike, Belgium’s first since 1993, over government plans to raise the effective retirement age along with other measures designed to [...]
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Reuters Sunday- “More than 400 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested in Oakland during a night of skirmishes in which police fired tear gas and bean bag projectiles, the city said on Sunday, marking one of the biggest mass arrests since nationwide economic protests began last year. Earlier on Sunday, authorities had said that the [...]
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Riots took place in the capital of Romania’s, Bucharest, for four days. This occurred during protests against austerity measures and government corruption. In 2009, Romania took a two-year €20 billion ($27.5 billion) loan from the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank. Romania imposed harsh austerity measures under the agreement, reducing [...]
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RTE: CSO data show that the unemployment rate in the third quarter of this year was 14.4%, up from 14.2% in the previous quarter. The latest Central Statistics Office report stated that the number of people at work fell by 2.5% or 46,000 over the previous 12 months to just over 1.8 million. Unemployment [...]
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou now says he is prepared to drop plans for a referendum on the EU bailout if he wins parliamentary support for the austerity package. The “change of heart” (RTE News), emerged after the conservative opposition – which had vehemently objected to the government’s loan agreements with the EU, ECB [...]
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Fight Breaks out in Italian Parliament– (Source)– Daily Bail. A fight broke out among deputies in the Italian parliament during a debate on the country’s austerity reforms, ahead of a critical meeting of EU leaders. The failure of the Berlusconi government to agree on reforms to retirement age and other deficit reduction measures occurred [...]
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Last Monday, Athens metro, tram and suburban rail workers held a 24-hour strike, while buses and trolleys were to stop operating for several hours. Airline passengers also faced delays as traffic controllers implemented work-to-rule action, refusing to work overtime. A 48-hour strike by all transport workers is expected later this week. Greek police held [...]
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@ Irish Times Irish Times News – “Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore said that consideration was being given to the sale of the National Lottery and other State assets. The Government has considered selling off the National Lottery as part of its review of State assets, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore said today. Mr Gilmore said the [...]
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Politico TV – “Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march in Athens today as Greek unions begin a 48-hour strike against a new five-year austerity plan being debated by parliament today. Watch live footage from outside the Greek parliament below.” Live footage from Syntagma Square – Politico TV – Tuesday, 28 June [...]
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“Two years after the eruption of the greatest global economic crisis for 80 years, its aftershocks are continuing to make themselves felt throughout Europe. Across Britain today, thousands of school and university students staged multiple demonstrations and occupations against the tripling of university fees and scrapping of educational maintenance allowances for poorer teenagers. In Ireland [...]
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