Some 200 thousand people filled the streets of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon to protest at plans to cut 1,500 hundred parishes.<br /><br />They came dressed in regional costume and playing regional music, providing a colourful display. They fear the reform - demanded by the EU, the IMF and the World Bank as part of the bailout package - will be a blow to their local identity.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
