27.10.2013 - 12:53 [ Xinhuanet ]

Thousands of Portuguese protest against government austerity measures in 2014 draft budget

In Lisbon, the protesters marched from the Rossio Square in downtown areas towards their destination of the Parliament building. Angry demonstrators, carrying placards in their hands, chanted revolutionary songs and shouted slogans against the government‘s 2014 draft budget which included more austerity measures such as cutbacks of pensions and reduction in civil servants‘ paychecks.