Austerity kids

Portuguese medical student Francisco Ribeiro Mourao tells Channel 4 News’s Austerity Kids project that cuts to his country’s health system are hurting patients – and threatening future care.

Casey, from Salford, tells Channel 4 News about life behind the youth unemployment statistics – for more from Casey and other young people talking about austerity Britain, tune in tonight at 7.

The music that was the backdrop to Portugal’s transition to democracy almost 40 years ago is making a comeback on the streets of Europe, as 20-year-old Portuguese student Joao Lima writes.

Thousands of people march in capitals across Europe calling for an end to austerity measures imposed by the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.

As Greece faces yet another strike, Channel 4 News kicks off its Austerity Kids series by hearing from Athens student Tony Rigopoulos about what it’s really like growing up amid the eurozone crisis.

As a UN team visits Greece to assess how austerity is hitting human rights, Channel 4 News wants your help to find out what impact the eurozone crisis is having on young people across Europe.

Britain is ranked as one of the bottom countries in the developed world for teenage pregnancy, youth unemployment and involvement in further education, in a new report from Unicef.

Thousands of schoolchildren take to the streets of Nicosia to demonstrate against the terms of an international bailout for Cyprus. Faisal Islam reports from Cyprus.

Political deadlock in the Italian elections reignites fears over the eurozone crisis, as a hung parliament beckons and markets react with an immediate rise in borrowing costs for the country.

With one-in-four UK children living in poverty, critics fear the coalition’s benefit cuts pose serious risks to the most vulnerable: the cutback kids growing up in a decade of debt.

Arrests, tear gas and widespread anger as protesters across Europe join a general strike against austerity in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere.

As protests against cuts and reform hit many parts of Europe, Channel 4 News considers if previous anti-austerity strikes – and even riots – have achieved anything.

Extremist parties are on the rise in Greece as elections approach. Inigo Gilmore reports on the despair felt by ordinary families struggling to deal with economic austerity and political turmoil.

The Channel 4 News FactCheck team looks at how three generations have fared financially – from the baby boomers to today’s school leavers.

As Ireland negotiates its way out of recession, Channel 4 News hears that the fourth austerity budget in four years will take its toll on an already fragile country.