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Nationwide protests by high school students over education in France in recent weeks have spread to other parts of Europe.

Weeks of protest over school conditions, education costs spread to Albania, Greece

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· Posted: Oct 13, 2026 4:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

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Protesters holding up banner with words spray painted on it, and a building in the background. — French high school and university students attend a demonstration in front of City Hall in Paris on Tuesday as the student protest movement spreads across Europe, including to Albania and Greece. (Abdul Saboor/Reuters)

Nationwide protests by high school students over education in France have spread to other parts of Europe in recent weeks.

In Albania

Student organizers in Albania said Tuesday's nationwide protest was over conditions at universities, higher education costs, financial support and employment prospects after graduation.

The protesters hurled bricks and concrete blocks at Albania's Education Ministry in Tirana, and police fired tear gas and water cannons in response as the demonstration turned violent.

A young male throwing object, with others behind him on a wet street.

(Florion Goga/Reuters)

(Florion Goga/Reuters)

Police officers detained several protesters.

A female person looking back at several people as she's being detained by police in riot gear on a street.

(Florion Goga/Reuters)

Police in riot gear dragging protester on the ground, with onlookers and other riot police in the foreground with shields.

(Florion Goga/Reuters)

In France

High school students have staged weeks of protests and school blockades in France, demanding more teachers and better facilities. Below, they, along with teachers and parents, block a street near the Lycée Hélène Boucher high school in Paris on Tuesday.

Protesters forming a human chain by linking arms face off with riot police on a street.

(Abdul Saboor/Reuters)

More than 161,000 people took to the streets of major French cities, according to Interior Ministry figures. That was down from 266,000 on a similar day of action a week ago.

While most demonstrators marched peacefully, riot police charged protesters and fired tear gas in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Nantes, while a fringe of protesters lit fires, vandalized property and hurled objects at police.

Below, French CRS riot police push barriers to apprehend a protester amid clashes during a demonstration in Paris.

Person under a barrier fence with riot police including one who is trying to strike them with a stick.

(Abdul Saboor/Reuters)

A masked protester attempts to kick a tear gas canister amid clashes during the demonstration.

A masked protester kicking a tear gas canister away amid a smokey road scene with others in the distance.

(Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)

In Greece

University students gather outside the Finance Ministry in Athens on Tuesday to protest rising rents and the lack of affordable student housing.

(Thanassis Stavrakis/The Associated Press)

University students protesting some holding up signs that are in French including one that reads: On n'est pas machines! (We're not machines!)

(Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)

Tents staged at Syntagma Square near parliament during a protest in Athens.

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