More than 30,000 Attend Protests against Rising Prices in Austria - Tasnim News Agency

More than 30,000 people took part in protests against rising prices in Austria, including about 20,000 people who took to the streets in Vienna, the organizers of the protest, representatives of the national federation of trade unions, said at the rally.

The organizers thanked those present for participating in the event. A crowd of several thousand people, who had gathered on Karlsplatz after marching through the city center for almost three hours, greeted the union leaders with shouts and whistles.

The Vienna police told RIA Novosti that the rally was peaceful, there were no arrests. The police, in order to avoid confrontation, tolerated the fact that some participants burned fireworks and firecrackers during the procession. The police refused to provide their own data on the number of demonstrators in Vienna.