Angry Words, Stones Fly at Student Protest

Ljubljana, 19 May - Rousing speeches and signs of defiance turned to scenes of vandalism and unrest as several thousand students from all around Slovenia gathered to protest against the government's youth policies in Ljubljana on Wednesday.

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Police formed a cordon to drive protesters away from the building, arresting several of the most unruly ones.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana, Parlament. Dijaške in študentske demonstracije proti malemu delu pod geslom Skupaj Za dostojanstvo! Za pravičnost!, ki sta jih organizirali Študentska organizacija Slovenije in Dijaška organizacija Slovenije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, Parlament.
Dijaške in študentske demonstracije proti malemu delu pod geslom Skupaj Za dostojanstvo! Za pravičnost!, ki sta jih organizirali Študentska organizacija Slovenije in Dijaška organizacija Slovenije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. A shrub in front of the building was set on fire by what reports said was a Molotov cocktail. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. A shrub in front of the building was set on fire by what reports said was a Molotov cocktail.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana, Parlament. Dijaške in študentske demonstracije proti malemu delu pod geslom Skupaj za dostojanstvo! Za pravičnost!, ki sta jih organizirala Študentska organizacija Slovenije in Dijaška organizacija Slovenije. Foto: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana, Parlament.
Dijaške in študentske demonstracije proti malemu delu pod geslom Skupaj za dostojanstvo! Za pravičnost!, ki sta jih organizirala Študentska organizacija Slovenije in Dijaška organizacija Slovenije.
Foto: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana
The protests in front of parliament house turned violent as protesters began pelting the building with eggs, stones, bottles and other objects.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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