Farmers' protest falls on deaf ears
Jul 22, 1999
By Rokas M. Tracevskis
VILNIUS - There was a time when angry farmers blocking roads was something Lithuanians only expected to see on the TV news footage from France or Poland.That all changed July 13, when the same type of protest was seen right here in Lithuania. Farmers gathered across the country for a one-day protest action organized by the tiny Lithu-anian Peasants Party. The official coordinator of the action was the MP and leader of this party Ramunas Karbauskis.Protesters made 47 demands of the government, in ...
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