Pensions

The International Monetary Fund urges European and US leaders to promote growth instead of cuts in public spending to avoid dragging down the global economy with another financial crisis.

Utility workers in Norway have been on strike since mediation broke down last week. Crucial to the breakdown was the employers' proposals to change the workers' pension plan.

Major protests against austerity measures are taking place in many European countries.We give you the list of upcoming events:

Workers in private nursing homes in Norway on strike.

Public sector workers will lose more than £8.5 billion a year through cuts to their pensions. - A massive transfer of wealth away from public servants, says trade union leaders.

Across the UK hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are on strike in protest at government plans to make them work longer and pay more for smaller pensions.