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Romanian teachers strike of the holiday

Romanian trade unions in education organized rallies of today's International Day for teachers, informed BNR. Protests will be held in front of the government and the presidency. The demonstrations are part of a campaign against the policy of "austerity" Prime Minister Emil Boc. Anti-crisis program of the government cause more social unrest in May this year. In order to obtain another loan tranche from the IMF, the government cut wages, raised taxes , stopped a number of social programs, subsidies stopped and started cutting thousands of people. Romanian society was shocked by the measures, despite assurances by President Traian Basescu, that 'tighten the belt, Romania will avoid catastrophe befall Greece.

" The new wave of social unrest in Romania, which rose over the last ten days of September, was the reason for changing the interior minister, who resigned because of an unauthorized protest march on police officers.