Pavel Rupar

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.

Several thousand pensioners gathered in Ljubljana on 3 May for the fourth rally led by Pavel Rupar, a former MP for the opposition Democrats (SDS), to call for higher pensions and the government's resignation. This time the protesters also took aim at the country's president.

The third rally by pensioners organised by a civil society group spearheaded by former Democrats MP Pavel Rupar turned into a fully-fledged anti-government protest on 31 March as pensioners demanded that the government resign and a snap election be held.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Ljubljana on 1 March to demand higher pensions and access to healthcare services exactly a month after the first such rally was organised by The Voice of Pensioners, a group initiated by Pavel Rupar, a former MP for the opposition Democrats (SDS). Rupar announced a new protest in a month.