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Rising fuel costs are piling pressure on households, businesses and governments across Europe, fuelling cost-of-living protests and bolstering the far right ahead of elections next year in countries including France, Italy and Poland. Some far-right parties are calling for a return to Russian energy.
Protesters across Europe have hit the streets amid anger over the cost of living.
Youths and police clashed for a second consecutive day on Sunday in Milan, where at least 200 people were arrested during protests over the cost of living. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a security meeting for Monday to address the violence, which evoked scenes of chaos and looting in Paris. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy.
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets for separate demonstrations, putting pressure on governments across the EU.
Rome prosecutors also name 12 senior military, police and prison officials over alleged abuse of detained activists.
Italy has extended by another week its suspension of the European Union's border-free travel arrangements with Spain over a surge in migrant arrivals in Ceuta in late July, an Italian government source said on Friday. A Spanish government spokesperson said the interior ministers of both countries would work over the coming week on lifting the border controls.
Citing problems with the data transmission network, Italian authorities have drastically reduced the volume of flights in their airspace. The ENAV authority ruled out malicious activity and said flights remained safe.
European lawmakers have kicked off what's likely to be a long and fierce negotiation over the bloc's seven-year budget. Member states are divided on spending priorities, and pending elections in countries including France and Italy are adding pressure to the talks in Brussels. Also in the show: AI stocks lose a trillion dollars in this week's tech stock sell-off, and Ledger's CTO Charles Guillemet explains why AI is changing the security landscape.
Pope Leo XIV spent a calm night and was to begin post-surgery recovery Wednesday, a day after having a cancerous tumour removed from his lung. Part of the pope's right lung was removed in the operation and the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is awaiting the results of tests to determine if the cancer has spread. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy.
The flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled after passengers on the plane's previous journey complained of bug bites.
Italy is celebrating the Hollywood Walk of Fame star to be posthumously unveiled on Oct. 15 honoring special effects maestro Carlo Rambaldi, best known for designing the iconic alien title character in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Rambaldi, who died in 2012 at age 86, is a three-time Academy Award winner for his work in […]
Sport has the power to unite, and overcome barriers... In Rome, inmates and prison officers became athletes for the day, and took part in a sort of mini prison olympics. Organised by the John Paul II foundation for sport, this is the third edition of the “Games of Hope”, over a year after it was held in the men's wing of the prison in 2025. Story by Emily Boyle.
Smaller and less visited than Como and Garda, Lake Iseo harbours a gorgeous car-free island ideal for easy-going cycling and sightseeing Rust red and burnt sienna speckle the green mountain rising from Lake Iseo. Golden autumn sunlight shimmers on the water. Monte Isola, Italy’s largest lake island, is a peak of sheer cliffs and dense forest, dotted with old fishing hamlets and hillside villages, each as pretty as the terraced villas of Lake Como and Garda, but with far fewer visitors. I arrive at the small port town of Peschiera Maraglio – where striped wooden boats jut from the water like th
A multi million euro wine heist in Italy. As thieves in Tuscany steal 30 thousand bottles of the one of the most iconic labels in the country from a warehouse of the the prized Marchesi Antinori winery as it prepared for a major export. The company said in the past few hours, they believe two vans and up to six thieves were involved. Gavin Lee speaks to France 24's correspondent in Rome, Seema Gupta.
The heist at the Florence-based winery is believed to be one of the largest thefts of its kind in Italy.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 9: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the military execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be "livestreamed". But first: we look at reactions in Italy after the country's parliament passes a controversial electoral reform that critics say serves to benefit Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Plus, ".fart" and ".trump" are among the new domain name applications, as revealed by the US non-profit organisation ICANN.
Italian public broadcaster RAI has acquired a slate of international, female-led drama series from Beta Film ahead of Mipcom. The package comprises “Barton Vet,” in which a veterinarian and her family-run team save animals in the countryside; the French thriller “A Guilty Affair,” about a high school principal desperately searching for her missing daughter; and […]
GCAP pact between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a new fighter jet welcomed Canada as an ‘observer' in July
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the move will deliver more stable government, but opposition parties say her aim is to stay in power.
Arsenal forward Noni Madueke has suitors in Spain and Italy, five Premier League clubs are interested in Barcelona defender Jules Kounde, England captain Harry Kane is close to signing a new deal at Bayern Munich, plus more.
