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Rome, Oct 18 (EFE).- Milan, Italy, saw another afternoon of violent clashes on Sunday after a spontaneous gathering of hundreds of young people led to riots and confrontations with police, who responded at various times with charges, tear gas, and water cannons. Tensions began shortly before 5:00 pm local time,...
Lisbon (EFE).- Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro stated on Wednesday that the government respects the right to strike, yet warned that the protest to demand the withdrawal of the proposed labor reform ended up affecting many people, especially those in sectors such as education, healthcare, and transportation. «We would never...
Ankara, (EFE).- The Turkish opposition staged a nationwide economic boycott on Wednesday, urging citizens to avoid all non-essential purchases as a protest against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government and the recent arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. The “Zero Shopping Day” campaign had a significant impact, according to several...
Sydney, Australia, Nov 19 (EFE).- A nine-day protest march culminated Tuesday in tens of thousands of demonstrators converging on New Zealand’s parliament grounds in defiance of a contentious bill that sets out to radically reinterpret the country’s founding treaty between Māori and the Crown. ACT party leader David Seymour speaks...
Athens, Mar 8 (EFE).- Public sector workers in Greece went on strike on Wednesday in response to the deadly train collision that killed 57 people last week. The strike was called by the Greek civil servants’ confederation (ADEDY) and has been backed by maritime and public transport workers, doctors, teachers...
Paris, Mar 7 (EFE).- Over a million people in France went on strike Tuesday to protest against the government’s unpopular pension reforms which would raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years. Some 320 demonstrations have been organized across France and police are expecting between 1.1 and 1.4...
Bangkok, Mar 7 (EFE).- A Thai court sentenced a man Tuesday accused of parodying King Vajiralongkorn in a calendar with veiled references to the monarch, allegedly likening him to a duck, to two years in prison for royal defamation, a group of Thai lawyers reported. The duck, one of the...
Frankfurt, Germany, Feb 17 (EFE).- A strike on Friday paralyzed air traffic at seven major airports in Germany, including the European Union’s busiest, Frankfurt. Over 2,300 flights have been canceled, with some 300,000 passengers expected to be affected by the 24-hour, multi-sector strike by ground staff, air traffic controllers and...
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