World IN BRIEF : BULGARIA : Thousands Strike in a Political Gesture
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Thousands of workers walked off their jobs after an appeal by the opposition trade union for a general strike aimed at forcing Socialist Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov to resign. The walkout was apparently limited to about 10% of the nation’s 4.5 million workers. President Zhelyu Zhelev called on the Socialists--formerly the Communists--and the opposition to get together on a plan to bring the Balkan country out of its political and economic crisis.
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