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Opposition supporters and students mobilised in the Albanian capital, with riot police using water cannons on large groups of protesters. Authorities said 2,500 police officers were deployed to the ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Albanian police fire tear gas as anti-government student protests turn violent
Albanian riot police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who threw rocks at officers and started a fire at the door of the agriculture ministry in the capital, ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Albanian anti-government protesters clash with police in Tirana
By Fatos Bytyci TIRANA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of young Albanians gathered outside the Education Ministry in the centre of the capital Tirana on Saturday on the fifth day of a growing ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Protests sweep across Europe from France to Albania, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Violence in earlier protests prompted authorities to take additional security measures, with massive deployments of police and even soldiers observed across several European capitals.
News Albania » Tirana » People: French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon
Two French news channels backpedaled and apologized this weekend after they misidentified images of protests in Albania as demonstrations taking place in France. CNEWS made the mix-up first on ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Violent Protests Resurface in Albania: What to Know
Student demonstrations over education converged with broader protests against rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.
News Albania » Tirana » People: Riots in Albanian capital enter a fifth day as anti-government protests escalate
Clashes broke out near the prime minister’s office in Albania as riots gripped the capital, Tirana.
News Albania » Tirana » People: Albanian PM Says Protests Pose Threat to EU Membership, Not Government
TIRANA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday rejected calls to step down and said street protests, which continued for a sixth day, were a threat not to his government but ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Riots in Tirana enter a fifth day as Albania’s anti-government protests escalate
Clashes broke out near the prime minister’s office in Albania as riots gripped the capital, Tirana, for a fifth day.
News Albania » Tirana » People: Banks, buildings burn as Albania's capital Tirana erupts into student violence
Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana on Wednesday, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs ...
News Albania » Tirana » People: Student Protests in Albania Turn Violent as Calls Grow for Leader’s Resignation
Opposition to a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner has collided with rising discontent over corruption and the cost of living.
News Albania » Tirana » People: US lawmakers sound alarm as violence grips NATO ally Albania amid anti-government protests
U.S. lawmakers are growing concerned with ongoing violence gripping the small NATO nation of Albania as police clashed with protesters in the capital Tirana. The violence continued for a sixth ...