In Europe, poor countries in economic straightjacket
To satisfy the International Monetary Fund, countries like Ireland and Greece have taken drastic anti-worker measures.
Artists protest funding cuts
Singers, painters and television presenters demonstrated across the Netherlands on Saturday against government plans to slash funding and subsidies for the arts.
Cutbacks force destitute to line up for food
Hundreds of desperate Romanians left destitute by the country's austerity drive lined up for food aid Wednesday in the Black Sea port of Constanta.
