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Greece: Protests and renewed fears of a Grexit

Reality Check: Greek anti-austerity protests; Tunisia youth unemployment protests; NOW conference of Mayors; James Webb Space telescope

Greece: Anti-austerity protests

AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

Lawyers wave their ties during protests in central Athens against the social security reforms.

From farmers to ferry workers to academics and pensioners the socialist government of Alexis Tsipras in Greece is once again facing fierce opposition to another round of austerity measures imposed by the countries creditors. Our Athens correspondent Helena Smith brings us up to date on the situation in Greece and renewed fears of Greece leaving the Euro zone.

Tunisia: Youth unemployment protests

The political success-story of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is still faced with extremely high levels of youth unemployment which has led to widespread and, at times, violent street protests. Regional expert Shashank Joshi explains why Tunisia is finding it so hard to translate relative political stability into sustainable economic growth.

Mayors and refugees

Joanna Bostock

The NOW conference in Vienna this week brought together mayors from the regions of Europe most affected by the current refugee crisis. The mayors were able to exchange ideas and experiences and send a message to national governments and the EU. Reality Check caught up with Manolis Vournous, mayor of the Greek island of Chios, Andreas Babler, mayor of Traiskirchen in Lower Austria and Hannes Swoboda, curator of the conference and former Member of the European Parliament.

James Webb Space Telescope

Nearly 20years in development and at a cost of ca. $8.8b, the James Webb Space Telescope is set to be launched in 2018. It will succeed the famous and highly successful Hubble Space Telescope and, as Daniel Sokolov from Heise.de told Reality Check, scientists and non-scientists alike are excited about what the new telescope will achieve.

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