"Painful, but needed changes" - they say in news.
During just one night was made s.c. saving package by Latvian government. I'm talking about budget cuts of some 500 million lats! Has been made decision to cut pensions by 10%, salaries to working pensioners by 70 %, social benefits to working parents by 50 % and public salaries by 20 %.
Thousands of people come out to protest against it. Mainly pensioners were critical and expressing their disaffection ...
