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          Over One Thousand Romanian Military Retirees Protest In Bucharest 
          
          24.01.2011, 12:33 | Actuality | 1039 views 
          
          
 
  
           
           
          
          About one thousand Romanian military retirees gathered on Monday in the George Enescu square in capital Bucharest, protesting over the recalculation of military pensions, and left in a protest march to the Military Academy. Laid off Military Staff Union representatives will submit an "Ultimatum" at the Interior Ministry, the Defense Ministry, the Romanian Intelligence Service and the Presidential Palace, calling on authorities to observe court rulings and suspend the recalculation of military pensions. Unionists also call on the Government to renounce the decision to collect a 5.5% tax on pensions higher than 740 lei (€1=RON4.2651). Read more on Mediafax.ro  
           
          
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