Another day, another strike. Although the outside world may be growing weary of hearing about Greece's economic traumas, today's protest was the largest and most violent yet, indicating that the Greeks are not planning on accepting their government's harsh spending cuts without a fight.
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Today our series on equality in Europe takes us to Brussels to find out more about the battle over maternity and paternity leave in the EU’s corridors of power. While some MEPs are battling for more parental leave, critics are claiming the costs are just too high.
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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton today faced down her critics and presented her plans for a new European diplomatic service to MEPs. Pointing to Europe's declining world influence, she said the time had come for the bloc to stop its infighting and unite - behind her.
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To start our series on gender equality, we head to Eastern Europe, where International Women's Day is grappling with an identity crisis. The 8 March holiday fell from favour in the Czech Republic because of its Communist overtones, but now women's groups are reclaiming it as their own.
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