PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron, addressing the French people for the first time since the tumultuous passing of a law that raises the retirement age
Tag: Protests
Protests Resume in France After Macron Pushes Through Pension Bill
Opposition parties filed two no-confidence motions against President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Friday after his decision to push a widely unpopular pension bill through Parliament
The Roots of the Georgia Protests
TBILISI, Georgia — When Russia invaded its neighbor Georgia 15 years ago, it gobbled up swaths of land, rained missiles on Stalin’s hometown and halted
Georgian Opposition Urges More Protests Over ‘Kremlin-Inspired’ Law
TBILISI, Georgia — Opposition activists in Georgia on Wednesday called on their supporters to continue protests over a draft law on “foreign agents,” after riot
For Moldova, War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch and Paid Protests
ORHEI, Moldova — Starved of natural gas from Russia and electricity from Ukraine’s missile-battered power grid, Moldova has been so unsettled by skyrocketing utility bills
England Beats Iran as Protests are Shunned
DOHA, Qatar — England opened the first full day of the World Cup with an easy rout of Iran, but tensions tightened everywhere else, off
As Climate Protests Get Bolder, British Police Strike Back With New Powers
LONDON — When environmental protesters recently stopped traffic on the M25 freeway that circles London, one journalist, Charlotte Lynch, was standing on a bridge above