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Albanian police fired water cannon and tear gas in Tirana on Sunday, as anti-government demonstrations entered a sixth day. Hundreds of people gathered outside the education ministry, chanting ‘Rama, resign’, before the clashes spread across the city centre. Protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails, and officers replied with rubber bullets. A police station was set ablaze, and the entrance to the interior ministry was also damaged by fire. The health ministry said 28 people were injured on Sunday, 19 of them officers. Edi Rama, the prime minister, rejected calls to step down. He described the unrest as the ‘work of…
Costa, Bart De Wever, Emmanuel Macron and Rob Jetten speak during a European Council summit in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2026. | Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images “They seek our division. They want our division,” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever told reporters at a late-night briefing during the summit, not mentioning names but referring to countries to the east and west of Brussels. “And they have, of course, points where they can hurt us.” Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, now a visiting fellow at Stanford University, was less circumspect. “Now we are under assault from three sides: from…
Published on 19/10/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:02 On today’s show: Valerie Gauriat, Euronews correspondent, reports from Paris on the destruction left by the weekend’s protests, how it compares with the war zones she usually covers, what the final cost could be, and whether the government has regained control after President Emmanuel Macron vowed in an address to the nation to catch all those responsible. Alberto Alemanno, Professor of EU law at HEC Paris, looks at the cost-of-living and housing protests spreading across Europe, from Albania to Portugal and Italy, and how long they could last. Sasha Vakulina reports on the…
The province of Alberta will decide on Monday if it wants to pursue a binding referendum on secession from Canada, with Prime Minister Mark Carney warning a separatist win would bring dangerous uncertainty during a trade war with the United States. Polls indicate less than a quarter of people in the western Canadian province support independence. But attention has focused on turnout in the days before the vote and whether a motivated separatist camp could defy the polls, helped by complacent federalists. “Don’t let anyone tell you this is already decided. Turnout will determine the outcome,” Carney said at a…
Published on 19/10/2026 – 6:20 GMT+2•Updated 8:07 Thousands of people took to the streets across Europe over the weekend to protest against rising living costs, unaffordable housing, low wages and pressure on public services. While the grievances varied from country to country, the demonstrations highlight growing frustration over household budgets. In France, hundreds of thousands of people joined demonstrations involving students and other groups protesting over living costs and public services. Many marched peacefully, but French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to hold accountable those who “sought to bring down the Republic” after some gatherings descended into looting and rioting across…
What was once seen as a niche hobby among nature lovers, birdwatching is now spreading its wings and becoming a popular reason for travel. In its Hidden Trends List for 2026, published last November, GetYourGuide said that birdwatching is “having a moment” with #BirdTok videos going viral on social media. Last month, the company reported a 65% year-on-year increase in global bookings for birdwatching experiences between 1 January and 27 August 2026. “Birdwatching as a travel experience has flown well beyond being a ‘Hidden Trend’,” said Anne Wallin, GetYourGuide’s global trends and experiences expert. “It’s growing in popularity every month…
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Youths and police clashed for a second day in Milan on Sunday, where mostly black-clad assailants hurled bottles, ransacked stores and destroyed property around the central Duomo plaza. Police in the northern city have arrested more than 200 people since Saturday, according to Ansa news agency. The Milan clashes began on Saturday on the sidelines of a sanctioned cost-of-living demonstration. Similar troubles took place in the northern cities of Bologna and Turin following other protests. On Sunday, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse groups in the Milan square, and video images showed young people, many wearing masks,…
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The Central Asia Gas Ring would connect Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan through more than 3,000 kilometres of new and upgraded pipelines. The proposal was discussed at the second Central Asia Oil and Gas Forum in Tashkent. Kazakh energy expert Askar Ismailov first presented the idea at the forum’s inaugural edition in 2025. He estimates the core infrastructure would cost $5bn (€4.46bn), including $2bn (€1.78bn) for new construction and $3bn (€2.68bn) for modernisation and digitalisation. The proposed network could carry around 20bn cubic metres of gas annually, he says. How five countries could benefit from a shared gas network…