(Reuters) – Eleven euro zone countries agreed on Tuesday to press ahead with a disputed tax on financial transactions designed to help pay for the cost of fixing a crisis that has rocked the single currency area. The initiative, pushed hard by Germany and France but strongly opposed by Britain, Sweden and other free-marketers, gained critical mass at a European Union finance ministers’ meeting… Read more →
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police fired teargas and stun grenades at protesters in central Athens on Tuesday when they tried to break through a barrier and reach visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tens of thousands of demonstrators defied a ban on protests, gathering in Syntagma square to voice their displeasure with the German leader, who many blame for forcing painful… Read more →
Merkel Faces Bitter Greek Protests.
Greek police are preparing a huge security operation involving 7,000 officers, water cannon and a helicopter to protect German chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Athens tomorrow. Ms Merkel is due to land in Greece tomorrow morning for talks with her counterpart Antonis Samaras and president Carolos Papoulias. But she is likely to face angry protests in a country… Read more →
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Greeks she wants to keep their country in the euro when she visits Athens this week, but she faces a hostile reception from a people worn down by years of austerity and recession. Many Greeks blame Merkel, who has publicly chastised them for much of the past three years, for the nation’s… Read more →
Hundreds of students in Milan clashed with police during protests against cuts to education in Italy. Students carrying shields and wearing motorcycle helmets threw eggs and oranges at police in riot gear. At one point, dozens of riot police charged the protesters, hitting them repeatedly with batons and forcing them away from regional government offices. Protesters also gathered in Rome… Read more →
(Reuters) – Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri failed on Friday in a last-ditch legal attempt to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States, where he faces terrorism charges. Judges at the High Court in London dismissed his request for more medical tests that his lawyers said would prove he was unfit to be extradited, clearing the way for… Read more →
Protesters are appearing in court in the Greek capital Athens a day after a rally by shipyard workers against job cuts descended into violence. A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday. Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into the courtyard… Read more →
http://www.euronews.com/ For the first time, banks and internet companies were part of an exercise preparing EU institutions in case of a cyber attack. Four hundred experts from across Europe faced more than 1,200 separate cyber attacks on Thursday. The simulated threat came from a European security agency in Athens, but for those taking part, it meant coming up with coordinated reactions… Read more →
Greek police clashed with scores of protesting shipyard workers Thursday after they forced their way into the grounds of Greece’s Defense Ministry in Athens. (Oct. 4)
