TAKE A LOOK-Eastern Europe and the global financial crisis

Published: 19 Mar 2009 17:23:59 PST

Eastern Europe faces a long summer of protests and some governments could fall because of discontent over austerity measures taken to tackle the global financial crisis.

For stories on the impact of the financial crisis in Eastern Europe, click in brackets: ---------------------------------------------------------------- > E.Europe awaits austerity, summer of discontent [nLB938083] > Unrest looms in crisis-hit Serbia, government shaky [nLH98673] > Possible scenarios for Hungary's minority govt [nLJ593055] > Eastern European coalitions and political strains [nLJ522737] > Financial crisis sparks unrest in Europe [nLJ392412] > Conditions for IMF loans [nLJ18206] > IMF emergency loan programmes in past six months [nLJ669884] > Global crisis brings threat of protectionism [nLJ571494] ----------------------------------------------------------------