recession

Royal in Recession: Prince Charles Embraces Frugality (Time.com)

July 4th, 2010

Time.com - As Britain braces for severe cuts in public spending, the future king shows solidarity with the people by slashing his entertainment and travel budgets

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Spanish crisis met with muted popular response (AFP)

May 1st, 2010

Demonstrators hold flags during a May Day demonstration in Madrid. Although May Day rallies drew tens of thousands of people protesting about the economic crisis, they were not on a scale or intensity that could alarm the government.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - A deep recession that has led to soaring unemployment and austerity cuts has failed to spark popular anger in Spain, where the unions are reluctant to put pressure…

One forest, two Polish tragedies, 70 years apart (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Volunteers carry candles in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - The leader of Poland’s government in exile while the nation was under Soviet-backed rule. The shipyard worker whose firing helped ignite the labor uprising that ultimately toppled communism…

Britain confronts debt of Greek proportions (AP)

March 10th, 2010

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown  makes a  major economical speech in  London Wednesday March 10, 2010.  Britain's economic recovery remains fragile, Brown warned Wednesday, as he paved the way for a national election by announcing the government's budget would be published in two weeks. (AP Photo/ Charlie Bibby/Financial Times/Pool)AP - Government debt is growing, as is the deficit. The economy is struggling to get out of recession and there is talk of spending cuts or higher taxes. The…