European protests spread across Italy, Albania, Portugal, and Spain

Protests across Europe continued over the weekend, with demonstrations in Italy, Albania, Portugal, and Spain following unrest in France over rising living costs. At least 128 people, about half of them minors, were arrested after violent riots in central Barcelona on Saturday. Over 600 youths participated in the Barcelona protests, where shops were looted and demonstrators threw stones and pyrotechnics at police, set fires, and built barricades. The protest, organized via social media, targeted rising housing costs and demanded better living conditions, with the mayor vowing the unrest would not go unpunished. In Italy, nine people were arrested and 371 temporarily detained during calmer demonstrations, while in Albania, government buildings were attacked in Tirana. Portuguese police dismantled tent camps in Lisbon and Porto protesting soaring housing prices, arresting 31 people amid accusations of excessive force.