Demonstrators gather in front of the National Council during a protest against the government's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions on the country's Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy, in Bratislava, Slovakia, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovaks protested against the government and its anti-coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, gathering in the capital Bratislava and other cities as the country struggles through a second wave of the pandemic.
A surge in COVID-19 infections worse than the first wave is hitting much of Europe, forcing countries back into lockdowns that have curbed business and daily life and put livelihoods at risk - leading to protests in several countries.
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