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Published on 17/10/2026 – 20:11 GMT+2•Updated 20:47 Students and other protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Education in Tirana on Saturday as anti-government demonstrations entered their fifth consecutive day. The protests, which have spread to cities across Albania, intensified after high school and university students joined a broader movement calling for Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation over allegations of corruption. The students are also demanding better education, greater financial support and improved job opportunities. The wider movement has been fuelled in part by opposition to a controversial luxury tourism development linked to Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.…

Published on 17/10/2026 – 20:14 GMT+2•Updated 20:32 Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot down two drones over the Black Sea in the latest drone incident impacting the southeastern European nation, authorities said on Saturday. Defence Minister Radu Miruta said the first drone had entered Romanian airspace at around 17:59 and was shot down “within two minutes,” 25 km south-east of the town of Sulina. “The second drone, in the same area, was engaged and shot down at 18:05, five minutes after entering national airspace, 20 km east of Sulina,” Miruta said. According to a Defence Ministry press release, two F-16s carrying…

Published on 17/10/2026 – 19:29 GMT+2 Protesters in Brussels and Liege clashed with police on Saturday as a series of rallies turned violent across parts of Europe. Video footage circulating on social media shows police firing water cannons and tear gas in an effort to break up people taking part in cost-of-living protests in the capital. In Brussels, officers fired tear gas against youths throwing bottles and other projectiles in the Bourse district, a journalist for the AFP news agency said, whilst water cannons were also reportedly used against smaller groups of demonstrators in the eastern city of Liege. Belgian…

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France’s ‘yellow vest movement’ – comprised of a group of trade unions and citizens – have organised a major nationwide protest on Saturday to voice their objection to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and rising fuel prices gripping the country. Speaking to Euronews, a representative of the movement revealed that the protest was arranged in part to support the student-led mass protests which have rocked the country in recent weeks, demanding the government revamp the education system, increase in school funding and access to resources as well as modernise classrooms and institutions. “We are here to help them, because we have…

Protesters broke into Marseille’s town hall on Saturday during nationwide demonstrations over rising prices in France, clashing with police as tensions escalated in the southern city. According to AFP journalists at the scene, demonstrators forced their way through the building’s doors, overturned a bust of Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic, and damaged furniture inside the entrance hall. Police later intervened to clear the building. Earlier, masked protesters had also attacked the façade of a municipal police station, setting fire to rubbish bins and throwing smoke devices inside.

Berlin has stepped in, asking Croatia to constructively resolve the bilateral disputes that threaten to derail the accession of the EU’s most advanced candidate, four officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Euronews. Earlier this week, Zagreb circulated an eight-point list of grievances that it wants resolved before Podgorica can finalise its accession bid. Behind the scenes, Berlin has been manoeuvring to ensure that enlargement does not lose momentum. Berlin also recently offered to mediate, but the offer has not been put into practice. The government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz is positioning itself as an honest broker, fearing that…

A branch of the tourist office in Lyon was vandalised and set on fire during nationwide protests over the cost of living. Hooded individuals were seen tearing letters from the building’s sign and damaging the premises as flames spread along one side of the structure. Burning debris was later visible on Place Bellecour in front of the building. The demonstrations come amid growing pressure on President Emmanuel Macron’s government, following weeks of student protests that have at times turned violent.

Published on 17/10/2026 – 15:43 GMT+2 Several housing rights movements are joining trade unions affiliated with the CGTP union federation in demonstrations across Portugal on Saturday, as a series of cost-of-living protests sweeps Europe. The union confederation has called for protests under the slogan: “Higher wages, better pensions, and public services. Against the rising cost of living. A new course for Portugal!” Rallies are planned in Porto, Coimbra, and Lisbon. The deepening cost-of-living crisis is affecting much of Europe, driven by rising prices and fuel costs and shortages of affordable housing, and has prompted thousands of people to take to…

Ukraine is pushing ahead with plans to develop European alternatives to US-made air defence systems and Starlink satellite communications, with concrete discussions already under way and Kyiv expecting progress considerably sooner than sceptics anticipate, a senior Ukrainian presidential official has told Euronews. In an exclusive interview with the Europe Today programme ahead of Friday’s EU summit in Brussels, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, said Ukraine was seeking to reduce its reliance on American capabilities as uncertainty over Washington’s support places growing pressure on Europe to strengthen its own defences. “We are, of course, relying on the…