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5-Star Movement occupies Senate in labour-law protest
P(See related) (ANSA) – Rome, May 7 – Members of the opposition 5-Star Movement (M5S) occupied the Senate floor Wednesday in protest of a confidence vote on a controversial labour law moving through parliament.BRM5S Senators wearing T-shirts reading “Never Slaves” … Continue reading
Photos suggest new episode of police abuse in Rome protest
P(ANSA) – Rome, April 16 – Photos and video emerged Wednesday depicting a new episode of alleged police abuse during a demonstration that turned violent on one of the more elegant shopping streets of the Italian capital.BRThe policeman was photographed … Continue reading
Lawyers march in Rome to protest reforms
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-8a898874418df5a019f5d3aab3a810c9.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Lawyers march in Rome to protest reforms” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-8a898874418df5a019f5d3aab3a810c9.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 2014 – Some 10,000 lawyers have gathered in Rome Thursday to demonstrate in what is the third day of a planned demonstration … Continue reading
L’Aquila business leader abandons protest for shopkeepers
IMG class=hide alt=”L’Aquila business leader abandons protest for shopkeepers” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-a962c46bda7016977b82ae879646a930.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – L’Aquila, January 13 – A business association leader in the central Italian city of L’Aquila on Monday slipped out through a side-door after having barricaded himself … Continue reading
Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest
IMG class=hide alt=”Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-b28fcc60e8d49750ec3df41b57fb91d0.jpg” (By Denis Greenan). P(ANSA) – Palermo, December 23 – A centre-left MP on Monday remained barricaded inside the migrant holding centre on the island of Lampedusa after shutting himself … Continue reading
Gay-rights activists protest Putin in Trieste
(ANSA) – Trieste, November 26 – Veteran gay-rights campaigner and former Italian lawmaker Vladimir Luxuria led a protest in Trieste Tuesday against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Italy for a Russia-Italy summit. “There’s a cold and violent wind coming from … Continue reading
Unions and students protest against draft budget law
(ANSA) – Rome, November 15 – Italy’s three main labour unions – CGIL, CISL and UIL – and students on Friday staged nationwide protests against the government’s 2014 draft budget law accused of failing to address record unemployment, including one … Continue reading