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Riot police fire tear gas on austerity protesters in Greece
Finance ministers across the euro zone are calling for greater scrutiny proposed budget cuts
Greece hopes euro zone finance ministers will sign off on Monday on the rescue package funded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund, Greece’s second bailout since 2010. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
Sceptics, led by Germany, remain wary about Greece’s determination to shrink its debt mountain. Yet failure by Athens to service its debts next month would trigger a chaotic default that would send shockwaves through the single currency. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
Riot police shielded the national assembly, braced against a repeat of riots a week ago that saw buildings torched and looted across downtown Athens after a much larger rally involving tens of thousands. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
One survey by pollster MRB showed that while 73 percent of Greeks want the country to stay in the single currency, just 49 percent believe it will manage to do so in the next two years. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
Police said the protest was peaceful aside from some minor scuffles and stone-throwing at security forces as demonstrators started to head home. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
After months of often acrimonious negotiations, Greek hopes are rising that Monday’s meeting will endorse the rescue Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy on March 20 when major debt repayments fall due. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
Banners such as one reading “Down with the memorandum of hunger” bore testimony to the anger many Greeks feel towards a political elite that allowed the country over the years to rack up a national debt worth 160 percent of national output while the super-rich took advantage of lax tax collection. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
Greece adopted a new wave of austerity measures last week, setting out 3.3 billion euros in wage, pension and job cuts, as well as savings on defense and health spending. (Images by Getty Images reporting by Reuters)
