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European Union finance ministers tried to broaden efforts to contain the region's debt crisis on Tuesday and Spanish public sector workers protested over government cutbacks.

Fitch cut Spain’s credit rating, saying that the country’s debt will probably weigh on the country’s growth.

Spain will cut state employees' wages and slash investment spending, sparking immediate union anger with a bid to reassure markets that it can get its budget deficit under control and detain the spread of the European debt ...

Euro zone leaders decided on Friday they have special measures ready before financial markets open on Monday to prevent financial turmoil in Greece spreading to other countries such as Spain and Portugal.