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France braces for protests: 70,000 police, curfews and Halloween fears

Mass protests are expected to sweep across France this Saturday, coinciding with Halloween celebrations as authorities deploy a major security operation.

31 October 2026

Europe News

Several wounded as police break up Lisbon and Porto protest camps

The ongoing confrontation between police and protesters demanding affordable housing turned violent overnight. Police again moved in against protest camps in Lisbon and Porto in the early hours of Sunday, with several arrests and injuries reported.

25 October 2026

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'I've never seen such destruction': Parisians react to destruction after weekend protests

Parisians survey shattered shopfronts, burnt-out cars and damaged bus stops after clashes and looting during nationwide protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions.

19 October 2026

Europe News

Violence in Albania as protesters call for PM to resign

Violent clashes were reported in the capital, Tirana, where protesters threw stones at police, who responded with tear gas, according to Euronews Albania, as nationwide demonstrations entered their fifth consecutive day.

17 October 2026

Europe News

Protesters clash with police in Belgium as demonstrations sweep Europe

Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said on Saturday that the situation was "no longer simply a protest," calling it "pure and simple violence."

17 October 2026

Europe News

Portugal sees protests over cost of living and housing crisis

It comes as major cost-of-living demonstrations in France on Saturday turned violent as protesters clashed with riot police.

17 October 2026

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Albania: Violent protests rock Tirana for third straight day

Fires burn in central Tirana as protesters throw stones and police respond with tear gas and water cannon. Student-led demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation enter their third day.

15 October 2026

Europe News

Dozens reportedly injured in Portugal housing protest crackdown

Demonstrators clashed with police overnight in Porto, after officers moved in to remove tents. Protest organisers say at least 35 people were injured.

15 October 2026

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Spain: National Day highlights territorial unity from Barcelona to Ceuta

Spain's National Day on Monday, 12 October, was marked by demonstrations in Barcelona in support of Spanish unity, while far-right leader Santiago Abascal visited Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the North African coast.

12 October 2026

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Tens of thousands march in Brussels demanding urgent climate action

Tens of thousands of people marched through Brussels on Sunday, 11 October, demanding stronger action on climate change ahead of next month's COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey.

12 October 2026

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Thousands march in Chile and Colombia to defend abortion rights

Demonstrators gathered in Santiago and Bogotá on International Safe Abortion Day, calling for greater access to abortion and defending reproductive rights.

29 September 2026

Syria

Fuel price protests spread across Syria as minister faces hearing

Demonstrators blocked oil tanker routes and roads in six provinces on the second consecutive day of unrest over a 25-40% fuel price rise, as more than 50 MPs signed a demand to question the energy minister.

14 September 2026

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Huge climate protest in Sweden ahead of elections

Around 10,000 people marched through Stockholm on Sunday demanding stronger climate action, a month before Sweden's general election.

24 August 2026

Culture news

"F**k Chega": British band shows controversial message at CA Vilar de Mouros festival

The British punk rock duo shouted and urged the crowd to yell "f**k Chega" while the message "F**k Chega" was shown on the stage screen.

20 August 2026

Europe News

Protests in Greece at arrival of Israeli cruise ship 'Crown Iris'

"They are common criminals and, yes, we don’t want them in our country. We don’t want them,” one protester said.

14 August 2026

Libya

Tripoli erupts over power cuts with calls to bring down government

Demonstrators blocked roads, shut state institutions and sealed off government buildings as temperatures reached up to 50 degrees Celsius and daily blackouts stretched to 14 hours. The protests quickly widened into demands for the removal of governments in both eastern and western Libya.

28 July 2026