Thousands of Portugese took the streets of Portugal's two most populated cities to demonstrate against planned cuts of pensions and salaries. Saturday's demonstrations are a response to the government's decision to extend austerity measures in the 2014 budget. ...

Anti-austerity protesters in Rome threw eggs and firecrackers at the Finance Ministry during a march Saturday to oppose cuts to welfare programs and a shortage in low-income housing. Police said 11 people were detained. ...

Hundreds of French teenagers have erected barricades outside their schools and marched through Paris to protest against the police expulsions of immigrant families – including some of their classmates. A few students clashed with police firing teargas but most marched peacefully, some climbing on bus shelters to shout demands for the interior minister's resignation. ...

Theresa Kerketa, 45 years old, poses for a picture at her residence on the outskirts of New Delhi November 2, 2012. Kerketa was working as a maid was rescued by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement), a charity which rescues victims of bonded labour. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced int ...

ATHENS — In an era when central bankers like Ben S. Bernanke dominate the global economic stage, few hold as much power within their own country as Georgios A. Provopoulos, the governor of the Bank of Greece, who has played a crucial role in keeping Greece out of bankruptcy and in the euro zone. But now Mr. Provopoulos faces one of the bigger challenges of his tumultuous reign: an investigation into whether ...

How terrible, how sad, said the politicians from Italy to England. Pope Francis called the shipwreck a “disgrace” and offered prayers for the victims. Italy took the easy route saying, quite understandably, that it was a problem for Europe as a whole. But less than a week later, the drowning of some 363 migrants off the coast of   the island of Lampedusa has already fallen out of the main news. Had the vict ...

The conservative government of Antonis Samaras claims to be cracking down on “extremism”. But what skeletons does the Prime Minister hide in his closet?   Video by Ross Domoney, Klara Jaya Brekke and Dimitris Dalakoglou for the City at a Time of Crisis research project. Illustration by Latuff. The Greek Prime Minister, Mr Samaras, is currently visiting the USA. He arrived here in the immediate aftermat ...

Vandaag vond op het Malieveld in Den Haag een grote demonstratie plaats tegen de extra bezuinigingen op de Publieke Omroep. Staatssecretaris Sander Dekker nam de ruim 261.000 keer ondertekende petitie tegen de korting in ontvangst.  ...

De AIVD heeft niets geleerd van het gewroet in het verleden van linkse mensen in de vorige eeuw, schrijft Roel van Duijn. 'Alsof zij nog steeds niets geleerd heeft over de nodeloze schending van de privacy van mensen die hebben bijgedragen aan de opbouw van de huidige democratische rechtsstaat.' ...

This three-day event will bring together activists, journalists and scholars from the front-lines of the popular uprisings unfolding around the world. GLOBAL UPRISINGS The Stories, Ideas and Future of Uprisings around the World De Balie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) November 15-17, 2013 Over the past two and half years, streets and squares across the world have become the site of massive demonstrations, stri ...