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A lot of protests took place around the city's centre, around parliament, we didhave some violence riot at this time
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and it started with protesters throwing Molotovcocktails
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and the police so responding,things escalated for a while,and the parliamentminister is getting attacked by a group of protesters as he was leaving the parliament.This was one of the largest protests that we had in a long time.
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It's the 7th generalstrike,so far this year,a lot of angry and a number of others uh,that we have government speak,since this summer.
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The reason for that seems to be the new labor lawsWhat they will do,is, they make a lot easier for employers to fire people and they'veput a cap on salaries in the public sector.
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