Economics Editor Richard Edgar looks back on 2012
The economy more or less stood still in 2012, but more dangers loom in the coming year.
The human cost of the Spanish recession
Vulnerable people in Spain are being made homeless as the county's struggling banks repossess thousands of homes.
When Greece’s pain finally ends, what will be left?
Greece will eventually get through this. But there are fears when that happy day eventually arrives, what will be left of civil society?
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Report: Bank of Greece staff resign over salary caps
The Financial Times (£) is reporting that forty officials have resigned en masse from the Bank of Greece because new salary caps would reduce their income by a third.
Riot police targeted with red paint in Athens
Riot police on the streets of Athens appear to have had red paint thrown at them.
In the video below, some of the riot police can be seen wiping their visors clean standing next to a large splatter of paint on the road.
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Protesters set bus shelter alight on streets of Athens
Petrol bombs are being thrown in Athens
by James Mates - Europe EditorThings are going from bad to worse in Athens tonight.
Protesters are throwing fireworks and petrol bombs as clouds of tear gas cover Syntagma Square.
The police have now cleared half of the area outside Greece's parliament building, but they are involved in running battles with campaigners on the city's streets.
Greek protesters throw Molotov cocktails at riot police
Demonstrators brandishing Molotov cocktails, fireworks and clubs have taken to the streets of Athens.
Security forces are holding them back in some areas of the city with water cannon and shields.
Huge amount of tear gas being used to quell clashes
by James Mates - Europe EditorHuge amounts of tear gas is now being used in Athens. I am trapped in my hotel by fighting outside the front and rear doors.
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Protesters clash with riot police in Athens
Tens of thousands of Greek demonstrators are clashing with security troops on the streets of Athens in protest at today's parliamentary vote on austerity measures.
Greek vote under threat as parliamentary staff go on strike
by James Mates - Europe EditorIt is getting rather interesting in Athens.
Parliamentary employees have just said they're going to walk out on strike.
We are still trying to establish if tonight's vote can still go ahead.
Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Syntagma Square against the austerity programme.
Protesters fill square in front of Greek parliament
by James Mates - Europe EditorThe square in front of Greece's parliament building in Athens has filled with tens of thousands of demonstrators protesting against tonight's austerity vote.
Riot police arrive at Greek ministry occupied by protesters
In this Youtube video uploaded by Greece news website Newsbeast, riot police surround a government building after anti-austerity protesters occupied the building.
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