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Italian police detain nearly 300 people as stores looted, vandalized in weekend Milan protests

Police in riot gear fired tear gas and water cannon as several hundred hooded protesters set bins ablaze and looted stores, including sports retailers Decathlon and Arc'teryx and phone store Vodafone.

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Italian police face a crowd during a protest over the state of public services and the rising cost of living in Milan, Italy, October 18, 2026.
Demonstrators clash with Police during an anti-government protest organized by the Italia in Piazza movement, at Piazza Duomo in Milan, on October 17, 2026.

Meloni decries violent demonstrations as Italian police clash with protesters in Milan, Bologna

The clashes echoed the violence in neighboring France, where tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in some of the country's most violent protests in years.

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Protesters attend the "United for Palestine" demonstration in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2026.

Tens of thousands march across European cities as pro-Palestinian rallies mark three years of war

“Today we’re marching for Palestine in London to mark three years of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people and demand our government go further to sanction Israel for its crimes."

|ByTOMER ALMAGOR / JTA
People demonstrate to express support for the Palestinians during a protest in Milan, Italy October 14, 2023; Illustrative.

Italy deports two foreign nationals suspected of attacking Milan Chabad emissary

Walker Meghnagi, head of Milan's Jewish community, welcomed the deportations, calling the move "wonderful news."

|ByYOAV ETIEL

Thousands rally in Milan in solidarity with Holocaust survivor under police escort

About 5,000 people rallied under a pelting rain to express their solidarity to Senator for Life Liliana Segre, who is the target of hundreds of antisemitic messages every day.

NOVEMBER 12, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Italian Holocaust survivor and senator for life Liliana Segre

Italian Auschwitz survivor and senator target of 200 antisemitic messages every day

Born in 1930 into a Jewish family in Milan, Liliana Segre was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 13. She was made senator for life in 2018.

OCTOBER 27, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Italian Holocaust survivor and senator for life Liliana Segre

Milan’s Jewish community celebrates 2026 Olympic Games awarded to the city

“It is the appropriate result for a city that is increasingly open, welcoming and inclusive," read a letter sent to the mayor Giuseppe Sala.

JUNE 25, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala and delegation members representing Milano and Cortina celebrate after the cities won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games during the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland June 24