Erstellt am: 10. 2. 2012 - 14:03 Uhr

Who pays for the "Sparpaket"?

Reality Check: "Sparpaket", "Gorilla" protests in Slovakia, China crackdown, dangers facing Egyptian journalists, crowd control.

After weeks of debate and discussion, the austerity package is expected to be announced later today.

Leaked details include changes to the top levels of taxation and a reduction in the number of members of parliament. Thomas Hofer summarises the main points of the long awaited "Sparpaket" and analyses the political implications.

Gorilla file protests

Slovakians take to the streets to protest against high level corruption and to demand that the so called "gorilla file" detailing the corruption be made public. Our Bratislava correspondent, Katherina Richterova, explains what the Gorilla file is, and how these allegations are influencing the upcoming elections.

Tensions ahead of leadership change in China

Shooting of anti-government campaigners, imprisoning of a dissident writer and the mysterious disappearance of a well known police officer: Jörg Winter explains some of the curious and worrying events that suggest nervousness in the communist government ahead of the forthcoming change of leadership.

Dangers facing journalists in Egypt

A year after the resignation of Hosni Mubark, instead of the hoped for freedoms, Egypt is becoming an increasingly risky place for journalists. Wael Eskander writes for the English language Ahram newspaper and has a blog called "Notes from the Underground". He tells Riem Higazi how the freedom of the press is being limited.

Policing the masses

Ahead of tomorrow's Reality Check Special on crowd control and 21st century riot gear, social psychologist Professor Stephen Reicher of St Andrews University explains why crowd behaviour is often misunderstood and misinterpreted.

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