More than 2,500 protesting truck drivers marched through Athens today to stage a vigil outside parliament in continuing demonstrations against planned labour market reforms.

Violent protests against planned new spending cuts ripped through Athens today with riot police having to use tear gas against crowds.

Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other dignitaries attended wreath-laying ceremonies today marking the 63rd anniversary of the doomed Second World War revolt of Warsaw residents against their Nazi occupiers.