Greece has seen a week of major protests sparked by the shooting of a teenage boy. There's widespread discontent in the country blamed on rising poverty, corruption and unemployment. Other problems linked to Greece's membership of the EU have also played a role.

Seventeen years after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the red flag is in fashion again on the streets of Europe. This time it's the streets of Athens and Thessalonica that are aflame with the rage of young people.

"It was not only the murder of Alexis that makes us come out on the streets. It's poverty and unemployment," one of the protesters said.

These people are called the 700 euro generation because that is all they can hope to earn after finishing university.

But membership of the EU and its single currency has led to soaring living costs …