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Protests outside Icelandic Parliament

October 4th, 2010 by Hákon Ágústsson
Hákon Ágústsson
Kópavogur, Iceland, Europe
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Protest outside Althingi parliament. Reykjavík. 04/10/2010..
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Fire in front of the parliament in Reykjavik.
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Paint was thrown at the Parliament.
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IMF is the problem - ESB will be the problem.
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People in front of the parliament.
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Taking pictures of the protests
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The protests are being nicknamed the Barrel Protests because of the large number of people banging oil drums and other large containers to disturb parliament.
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Minister of Finance's (Steingrimur J. Sigfusson) car was damaged when he was leaving.
Protests outside Icelandic Parliament
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Minister of Finance's (Steingrimur J. Sigfusson) car was damaged when he was leaving.
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Protest outside Althingi parliament. Reykjavík. 04/10/2010..
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Police protecting the leader of the Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson.
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Protest outside Althingi parliament...Reykjavík. 04/10/2010..
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Police after the protest was over.
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Around 6000 people came to protest outside the Icelandic parliament on Monday night voicing their dissatisfaction over the government's inability to get the economy moving or solve debt problems from the 2008 crisis. Reykjavik, Iceland. 04/10/2010

At least 6000 people came to protest outside Althingi on Monday night. Many people came to voice their dissatisfaction over the government's inability to get the economy moving and to solve the problems of those who are in debt after the October 2008 crisis. The protests are being nicknamed the "Barrel Protests" because of the large number of people banging oil drums and other large containers to disturb parliament.

Minister of finance's (Steingrímur J. Sigfússon) car was damaged.
Nobody was arrested.

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karaszpalko
Very good shots! thanks for
Submitted by Palko Karasz on Tue, 05/10/2010 - 11:28.

Very good shots! thanks for sharing!

palko

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