Bulgaria's teachers call for the government's resignation

Bulgaria's largest demonstration in ten years took place yesterday. Following three weeks of fruitless negotiations with the government, tens of thousands of teachers gathered to call for its resignation. Georgi Gospodinov reports that the governing Socialists resorted to massive security measures, for fear that the stormy events which precipitated the fall of the cabinet in 1997 could be repeated: "It's a long time since I've seen the city centre in such a state. There were metal fences surrounding the entire parliament building, hoards of police and dozens of road blocks. It was like a film reconstruction of the events of ten years ago. ... Who are these 'dangerous elements' against whom these measures are directed? The teachers. The government describes their demands for the doubling of their 150 euro salaries as a threat that could exacerbate inflation. ... At a time when governments all over the world are investing in knowledge, the Bulgarian state is keeping its teachers at arm's length."

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