Police uses a water cannon as thousands of Romanians joined an anti-government rally in the capital Bucharest, Romania August 10, 2018. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest, where riot police scuffled with some and fired tear gas.
The protests were organised and promoted by groups of Romanians working abroad, angry at what they say is entrenched corruption, low wages and attempts by the PSD to weaken the judiciary in one of the European Union's most corrupt states.
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