Austerity measures spark Vilnius riots

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Series Details 17.1.09
Publication Date 17/01/2009
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Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16 January 2009 as thousands rallied in Vilnius against the new government’s austerity policies.

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