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In recent hours, television screens have bombarded us with news that certain local figures, well-padded for years in their armchairs and privileges, have suddenly awakened to put themselves forward as...
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Serbia buries Mladić with honours and keeps every chair. Tirana burns and gets seven sentences for the police. The Europe Edi Rama invested twelve years in no longer exists, and the one that does will...
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Presence in Albania has welcomed President Bajram Begaj’s appeal for calm and dialogue amid rising tensions in the country. In a public statement,...
A court in Tirana has ordered that a person called Abdullah Thaçi to remain in custody following his arrest during the first day of student protests, according to preliminary information. The court has...
President Bajram Begaj has called for calm, restraint and dialogue following violent incidents during protests in Tirana, urging all parties involved to work together to ease tensions and restore stability....
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An explosive device detonated late Thursday at the home of a criminalistics officer in the northern Albanian city of Shkodër, causing significant material damage but leaving no one injured, according to...
Prime Minister Edi Rama has ruled out the possibility of resigning as escalating protests entered their third day, with violent clashes reported in the capital, Tirana. In a written response to international...
The State Police has raised concerns over the participation of minors in recent protests, warning that some children have been exposed to violent clashes, thrown objects and tear gas. In a statement issued...
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Protesters broke into the premises of Albania’s Ministry of Economy as unrest continued in Tirana after more than 10 hours of demonstrations marked by violence and property damage. Demonstrators entered...
More than 12 hours of demonstrations, clashes with police, tear gas, water cannon deployments, fires and damage to banks and businesses marked the third day of protests in Albania’s capital, Tirana, as...
A Euro 110 million project funded by the Japanese government for wastewater treatment in Tirana is being reactivated. At its latest meeting, the government approved in principle an amendment to the loan...
At least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials. More than a dozen others are injured, with...
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Prime Minister Edi Rama has condemned acts of violence during a protest that damaged the building housing the College of Europe in Tirana, arguing that the students should not be held responsible for the...
Clashes have erupted between protesters and police near the Prime Minister’s Office in central Tirana this Thursday evening, following reports of damage to businesses and public institutions in surrounding...
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Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have seized the mobile phone of Ermal Gjinaj, the husband of Socialist politician and former minister Ogerta Manastirliu, as part of a reported investigation...
Education Minister Mirela Kumbaro has condemned violence during student protests in Tirana after a fire severely damaged the ground floor of the Ministry of Education. In her first reaction to the incident,...
Fasli Rama, a police commander in the northern Albanian city of Shkoder, is in critical condition after suffering a severe head injury during clashes with protesters, according to local reports. Rama was...
Tensions intensified on Thursday in the Albanian capital as protesters reportedly attacked the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party, marking another escalation in the ongoing demonstrations. Police...
The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump...
The Ministry of Justice in Tirana was targeted in acts of vandalism during a protest on Wednesday evening, with windows smashed and the office providing free legal aid set on fire, according to Justice...
The Council of Ministers approved on Wednesday the rules regarding the evaluation and approval of feasibility studies, as well as the awarding, amendment, and transfer of concession or public-private partnership...
A total of 29 people are currently receiving medical treatment at the University Trauma Hospital (SUT) following a protest in Tirana, according to the latest information from the Ministry of Health. The...
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has told the international news agency Reuters that he will not resign over the violent student-led protests, which entered their third consecutive day on Thursday, October...
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On Wednesday the Union told the Albanian police to hold back, received the opposition’s account in its own office, and said nothing to the men with the petrol. A security assessment of what a crowd does...
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Fifty-one police officers were injured during a violent protest in Albania, while authorities have taken 65 participants in for further questioning over suspected attacks on officers, public institutions...
On the afternoon Tirana burned, the EU ambassador received the opposition’s interlocutor in the Union’s own office and published nothing. The opposition published the photograph and the readout. Either...
The Iute Credit branch on Rruga e Durrësit burned on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, a fifteen-minute walk from the EU Delegation. The Delegation found seven sentences for the police and none for the fire....
Police have detained several young people following a protest in Albania’s capital, Tirana, where tensions escalated into clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officers. During the unrest,...
Democratic Party (PD) has filed a criminal complaint at the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) over alleged police violence against students, protesters and journalists during a demonstration in Tirana...
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Student-led demonstrations turn into violent confrontations, with attacks on state institutions and luxury buildings amid allegations of systemic corruption, police brutality and a deepening political...
A group of protesters has moved to the Zogu i Zi area of Tirana, heading toward the University of Sports, where they have begun damaging property along their route, according to reports from the scene....
Interior Minister Ervin Demo has accused political groups of exploiting student grievances amid violent protests in Tirana, warning that those responsible for arson and property destruction will face the...
Fourteen police officers have been injured and 35 people have been escorted to police facilities following violent attacks during protests in Albania’s capital, Tirana, according to the State Police. In...
France’s foreign minister has accused Elon Musk of using his social media platform to orchestrate “massive online harassment campaigns” against European leaders as he took aim at foreign efforts to destabilise...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it has increased Albania’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for 2026 to 3.5%, from 3.4% in its previous forecast made in April. Average...
Ruling Socialist Party (SP) has condemned the violence during ongoing protests in the capital, Tirana, as government institutions, businesses and infrastructure have been damaged by fires and acts of vandalism....
Ten hours of violent protests, clashes with police and widespread property damage left parts of the Albanian capital scarred, as demonstrators moved from one location to another, targeting government institutions,...
A declaration with plenty of words, and the only word that mattered was not among them. Albatros Rexhaj For twelve years the European Union has told Albania what the rule of law is. It is a state that...
The British Embassy in Tirana has condemned violence during an ongoing protest in the Albanian capital, urging all parties to respect fundamental rights and take steps to ease tensions. In an official...
The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) has called for legal amendments aimed at preventing court proceedings from being disrupted by the collective absence of defense lawyers,...
Tensions escalated in Albania’s capital on Wednesday as protesters moved toward the Ministry of Economy, throwing stones and fireworks, with reports that they forced open the ministry’s doors and began...
The also called student protests in Albania’s capital escalated further on Wednesday after demonstrators entered the Parliament Presidency building and set a fire inside, amid hours of rising tensions...
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Every year is declared the hottest on record, and every year we ask what comes next. For Albania, disaster preparedness is no longer hypothetical. The country...
After a night of violence in Tirana, the EU Delegation found specific words for the police and none for those who attacked the city’s institutions. Ardit Rada The European Union Delegation in Tirana did...
By nine on Tuesday the state had denied that two students were dying. Two hours later the claim was louder than before, a 1,400-follower account in Germany was on Serbian front pages, and nobody in Tirana...
The street is chanting “Rama in jail” and throwing petrol at a ministry, and the flag of the Holy See is lying on a Tirana pavement. Jorida Tabaku has told the embassies it was self-defence. The EU Delegation,...
Albania’s State Police has called on participants in the ongoing student protests in Tirana to remain calm, avoid violence and distance themselves from masked individuals accused of attacking police officers...
The Newsroom Article 47 of the Albanian Constitution guarantees the freedom of peaceful assembly, without arms. Article 11 of the European Convention protects the same thing, in the same words: peaceful....
Six people injured during a student protest in Tirana remain under medical care, with all six reported to be in good health, Albania’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said in an update on Wednesday...
By Maringlen Cara (Tirana) There is a point at which a protest stops being a protest. Tirana crossed it at three o’clock on Tuesday. The students came to the Ministry of Education at two, with banners...
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For the second year in a row, the Nobel Committee has passed over the American president who has done more for peace than any other leader on the global stage. Approximately two weeks ago, the world was...
