111.   It also cut subsidies allowing government businesses to operate in the red, and gave them autonomy to seek their own fresh financing.

112.   Last month, the EU responded to pressure from South Africa by cutting its subsidies on beef exports to the region by ten percent.

113.   Officials said the state had decided to cut fuel subsidies it has been forced to pay to avoid unrest.

114.   Several thousand German miners demonstrated Friday in the Ruhr and Saar regions against a government plan to cut subsidies to the industry.

115.   The new government plans to make economies by cutting state subsidies, modernising the civil service, improving tax collection and raising energy prices.