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Ireland exits bailout: ‘biggest crisis since famine’
Ireland officially exits its strict bailout programme and re-enters money markets but the years of austerity budgets and unemployment are not over yet.
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Cyprus: ‘We are the generation of 500 euros’
Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.
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Portugal health crisis: ‘We do not even have scrubs’
Portuguese medical student Francisco Ribeiro Mourao tells Channel 4 News’s Austerity Kids project that cuts to his country’s health system are hurting patients – and threatening future care.
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Protests as Greece shuts public broadcaster ERT
Large crowds gather overnight outside the Greek state broadcaster after the government announced it would be shut down to save money.
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Cyprus hit with demand for extra 6bn euros
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has appealed to the European Union for help after his island was hit for another 6bn euros as the price of its eurozone bailout.
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Schoolchildren protest over Cyprus bailout
Thousands of schoolchildren take to the streets of Nicosia to demonstrate against the terms of an international bailout for Cyprus. Faisal Islam reports from Cyprus.
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Cyprus secures last minute bailout deal, but at what cost?
Cyprus secures a last-minute, 10bn euro bailout in a deal which will see its second largest bank closed and those with the largest deposits facing a levy to raise funds.
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Cyprus’ president in last ditch Brussels talks
Cyprus’ president held last minute talks with eurozone ministers in a last ditch attempt to agree a bailout deal, as cash withdrawals on the island are cut to 100 euros.
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Cyprus bailout bid goes down to the wire
The Cypriot President and party leaders are expected to travel to Brussels for talks with EU finance ministers as the island’s bid to avert financial collapse goes down to the wire.
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Cyprus faces decision time – but with a gun to its head
Cyprus is confronting a grim choice – either levy 5.8bn euros from people’s bank accounts or let its banks collapse and face exit from the eurozone.
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Cyprus bailout – the key questions
As the banking crisis in Cyprus continues, what comes next? And what has happened to other EU countries that have been bailed out?
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Cyprus bailout: who will come to the rescue?
As the bank closure is extended until next week, Cypriot business leaders warn of a question of survival as the government struggles to find a way out of its financial crisis.
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Eurozone ministers agree 10bn euro Cyprus bailout
Eurozone finance ministers agree on a bailout for Cyprus, marking the fifth international rescue package in three years of the debt crisis.
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Viva Espana or the best of British?
Ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash, we compare the merits of living in Spain and the UK. Our economy is in better shape, but Spain have the World Cup. And don’t mention the weather…
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EU, Greece agree debt deal
European finance ministers agree to provide 40bn euros to ease Greek’s debt crisis after three years of false starts.