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Protest against Brexit as outline deal is reached

Around 50 anti-Brexit demonstrators gathered near the European Council building in Brussels on Thursday as the EU and the UK announced that a Brexit outline deal had been reached.

17/10/2019

Spain

Catalan pro-independence protesters clash with police

Protesters clash with police in third day of Catalan pro-independence demonstrations

16/10/2019

Europe News

Dutch farmers protest 'unfair climate goals'

The thousands of farmers gathering here say government measures to meet their climate change targets are unfairly hitting them. And not other industries like aerospace - the nearby Schiphol airport up for a massive expansion.

16/10/2019

Netherlands

Watch: Tractor convoy heads to The Hague as Dutch farmers protest

Farmers say they are unfairly blamed for high nitrogen emissions and are demanding an "independent party" measures farms' emissions.

16/10/2019

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Protesters and police in fierce battles at Barcelona airport

Police clashed with Catalan independence supporters at Barcelona airport during protests Monday after 12 separatist leaders were sentenced for their part in a failed secession bid in 2017.

15/10/2019

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Spanish police clash with Catalan separatists as they try to disperse

Police clashed with protesters late on Monday night in downtown Barcelona after Spain's Supreme Court convicted 12 separatist leaders of illegally promoting the wealthy Catalonia region's independence and sentenced nine of them to prison.

15/10/2019

Business

Apple removed police-tracking app

Apple removed an app that protestors in Hong Kong have used to track police movements.

10/10/2019

Italy

Italian politicians condemn hanged effigy of Greta Thunberg

Pictures posted on social media show the effigy sporting two blond braids. It also reportedly had a sign saying "Greta is your God."

07/10/2019

United Kingdom

Hundreds arrested in Extinction Rebellion disruptive action across Eur

The environmental activist group has begun two weeks of protests across Europe and in cities worldwide.

07/10/2019

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Journalist hit by petrol bomb as Hong Kong protesters defy law

Police fired tear gas and baton-charged the crowds, while some demonstrators threw bricks and petrol bombs at police

07/10/2019

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Tear gas fired at protesters in Hong Kong during protests

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday wearing face masks in defiance of colonial-era emergency powers

06/10/2019

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Arrests after police charge protesters in Hong Kong

Hong Kong protesters marched in the rain on Sunday while wearing face masks, in defiance against a ban on them that started on Saturday at midnight

06/10/2019

Iraq

Euronews Tonight | Why are protesters taking to the streets in Iraq?

"People elected a new government, a new leadership, and yet it seems that the system of Iraq's government, the new system post-2003, post-Saddam Hussein, is failing," expert Bilal Wahab told Euronews.

03/10/2019

Iraq

Is this Iraqi General behind Iraq's wave of protests?

Who is Iraqi Special Forces general Abdul Wahab Al Saadi?

03/10/2019

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French activists stage stunt at Saudi consulate over Khashoggi killing

Two-dozen Reporters Without Borders (RSF) activists dropped dismembered mannequins outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in France. It was to mark a year since the killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2, 2018.

01/10/2019

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Young Israelis demand climate change action at protest

Hundreds of young Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday (September 27) demanding their government address the issue of climate change.

27/09/2019

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Police fire pepper spray in latest unrest in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police used pepper spray to disperse protesters on Sunday (September 22) as the Chinese-ruled city once again plunged into chaos over the weekend

23/09/2019

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Paris climate change march ends with minor clashes and tear gas

French police fired tear gas and made over a hundred arrests in Paris on Saturday (September 21) as they dispersed "yellow vest" protesters attempting unauthorized rallies and black-masked demonstrators who disrupted a climate march

22/09/2019

China

Police in Hong Kong fire tear gas at anti-government protesters

Meanwhile groups loyal to the Chinese government began tearing down anti-government messages from so-called Lennon walls, named after the Beatles singer John Lennon

21/09/2019

World News

Global climate strikes in unexpected places | The Cube

From Kabul to Tuvalu, climate marches this Friday did not just take place in affluent western nations.

20/09/2019