Winter Olympics struck by mass protests in Milan as fireworks and flares fly in dramatic scenes

Thousands of demonstrators took to Milan s streets on Saturday, with some igniting fireworks and flares as they voiced opposition to rising housing costs and environmental destruction during the opening full day of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The procession was coordinated by grassroots trade unions, housing advocacy organisations and social centre activists who sought to highlight what they characterised as an unsustainable urban development model in the Italian city

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Winter Olympics struck by mass protests in Milan as fireworks and flares fly in dramatic scenes

Thousands of demonstrators took to Milan s streets on Saturday, with some igniting fireworks and flares as they voiced opposition to rising housing costs and environmental destruction during the opening full day of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The procession was coordinated by grassroots trade unions, housing advocacy organisations and social centre activists who sought to highlight what they characterised as an unsustainable urban development model in the Italian city

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