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The French government met student representatives on Monday (October 26) following weeks of unrest. Students who had been demanding a meeting for weeks hail progress. Nonetheless they are now calling for fresh demonstrations next Saturday (October 31) to press for further measures. Details by FRANCE 24’s French Politics Editor Marc Perelman.
A student-led list won Serbia’s elections by a convincing majority, ousting the most powerful politician in the country.
Serbia's student-led movement declared victory in parliamentary elections Sunday ending 14 years in power for Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing populist party. Vucic conceded defeat less than two hours after polls closed, triggering raucous scenes in the capital as supporters of the movement celebrated the defeat of a government they blamed for deep-rooted corruption.
The Renters' Rights Act gives greater flexibility to leave a tenancy but the changes have posed challenges for student landlords.
Serbia is voting in an early election, where the most powerful politician in the country, has a serious rival.
Amid growing concerns over violence, people across France, young and old alike, are weighing up whether taking part in demonstrations is worth the risk. France 24’s Ophelie Jackson reports.
The French "interfac" student movement organised new protests on Thursday, even though it is currently the school holidays in France. Student representatives are set to meet soon with Education Minister Edouard Geffray. Details by FRANCE 24's Ellen Gainsford.
Young Serbians have built a system that poses a threat to President Aleksandar Vucic’s grip on power.
Students, teachers and civil servants are demonstrating in Greece today, protesting over staff shortages, poor infrastructure and the cost of living. Dozens of students have set up tents in the Square facing Parliament, in Athens, and on a pedestrian street in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Athens, Nathalie Savaricas.
Students and activists protested across Indonesia over forest fires linked to land clearing for palm oil plantations.
“Our idea is not simply to collect complaints, but to transform individual students’ experiences into evidence that can be used for advocacy and for creating change.”
Students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists are taking to French streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police and protesters have already clashed in Paris and Marseille.
190 000 people could demonstrate this Saturday in France. They called for street demonstrations Saturday against rising living costs, joining high school students' grievances over education conditions after more than three weeks of school blockades.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and the country's fraying social model.
Students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists are taking to French streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police and protesters have already clashed in Paris and Marseille.
Violent unrest is gripping several countries across Europe, as student activists demand better education systems.
Empty lecture halls, burning buildings and demands for change: Albanian students are spearheading a protest movement that has become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Edi Rama in years.
As student protests converge with broader public discontent over the rising cost of living in France, Genie Godula is joined by Sébastien Vieille, national secretary of the SNALC teachers’ union. He offers an assessment of a movement confronting political uncertainty, deteriorating school infrastructure and mounting fiscal constraints. Speaking from Montbéliard in eastern France, Vieille questions whether alliances with larger protest movements, including the Yellow Vests, will strengthen students’ demands or ultimately make them "less visible".
Judge fines the government for failing to fund universities as protests over Milei's cuts turn violent.
Experts say Albania’s protests reflect ignored student grievances and growing frustration.
