Bulgarians Protest Over Wages And Pensions

Thousands of Bulgarian public-sector employees have been taking part in rallies in protest at low wages.

Waving purple labour union flags, several thousand miners, civil servants, doctors, nurses, teachers and metallurgy and energy-sector employees marched on parliament carrying large banners with slogans such as "STOP misery" and "We do not want lifelong labour for miserable pensions."

They are calling on the government to raise salaries by 10%, protect their right to early retirement and pay them regularly. They complain they are often not paid on time or in full.

They are also demanding tax rebates next year for more than 460,000 employees who receive the minimum monthly salary of 340 leva (£146). The average monthly salary in Bulgaria is £336, while the average pension is £126.

Protesting students dressed in fake military uniforms

The workers' rally merged with a daily protest by about 1,000 students outside parliament who have been calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, whose technocrat government leads the EU's poorest member.

The students claim the political class is too corrupt and caters too much to big business.

Mr Oresharski has come under continuous pressure to resign over the past five months, with the students' movement giving new impetus to the rallies over the past four weeks.

Bitter anti-poverty street rallies turned violent last winter and several people set themselves on fire in desperation, forcing the conservative cabinet to resign in February.

Mr Oresharski's government took office in May, but quickly sparked even bigger street rallies, as critics accused it too of corruption and links to the oligarchy.

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