•National strike called by trade unions of railway public transport, in Brussels, today Belgium steeled itself for closed schools and disrupted train and air travel as three days of strikes kicked off today in protest at government austerity plans aimed at shrinking the national debt. The movement is planned in three waves: trains and other [...
•Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu The president of cash-strapped Maldives will take a 50-percent pay cut as part of an austerity drive that will see public sector salaries reduced to prevent a debt crisis in the tourist hotspot, his office said today. Mohamed Muizzu is introducing a mandatory 10-percent pay cut to most public sector jobs, [&h...

