Pensioner rally turns on journalists

The latest in a series of monthly pensioner rallies led by Pavel Rupar, a former MP for the opposition Democrats (SDS), saw some of the protesters insult and threaten journalists at the headquarters of the Slovenian public broadcaster.

Like the months before, the rally was centred in the large square outside the parliament building in Ljubljana, but part of protesters first gathered in front of RTV Slovenija.

Several journalists said the protesters harassed them on entering the building, insulting and threatening them, which they reported to police.

The RTV teams of...