Anti-austerity Riots

Greek riot police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails during an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens, local media reported, as lawmakers prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul.

A 65-year-old man died from heart failure during a demonstration in Athens on Thursday where riot police fired tear gas to repel firebomb-throwing protesters, a health ministry official said.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries' capitals on Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity measure, and the demonstration in Madrid turned violent after Spaniards enraged over a long-lasting recession and sky-high unemployment clashed with riot police for the third time in les...

Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday after a mass anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures erupted into violence.

Greece's prime minister says he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence for his new government in Parliament, after coalition talks with Opposition parties failed.The discussions came as anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled against falling approval ratings and an interna...

Greek riot police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails during an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens, local media reported, as lawmakers prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul.

A 65-year-old man died from heart failure during a demonstration in Athens on Thursday where riot police fired tear gas to repel firebomb-throwing protesters, a health ministry official said.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries' capitals on Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity measure, and the demonstration in Madrid turned violent after Spaniards enraged over a long-lasting recession and sky-high unemployment clashed with riot police for the third time in les...

Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday after a mass anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures erupted into violence.

Greece's prime minister says he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence for his new government in Parliament, after coalition talks with Opposition parties failed.The discussions came as anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled against falling approval ratings and an interna...