This week, we also covered Ukraine's escalating refinery strikes and the spread of student unrest beyond France Zelensky's diesel-fueled burnout This week did not start well for Ukrainian leader Vladi...
10.17.2026 Rt.com and 3 sites
Watch: The BBC reports from Tirana, where violent protests grew on Saturday Demonstrators and riot police fought pitched battles in the centre of Tirana on Saturday for the fifth day in a row. Masked ...
10.17.2026 yahoo.com , bbc.co.uk and 3 sites
Protesters and anti-riot police have clashed in Albania's main cities in scenes not witnessed for a long time. Government buildings have been attacked and some private businesses, too. So what is happ...
10.16.2026 bbc.com , yahoo.com and 1 sites
Protesters in Albania have said they will accept nothing less than the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama , who they describe as a 'public enemy', as violent clashes continue into a fifth night. D...
10.17.2026 aol.co.uk , independent.co.uk , yahoo.com and 2 sites
Anti-government protests in Albania have escalated into violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police, spreading from the capital Tirana to several major cities as anger grows over the cost of living, education expenses and allegations of corruption involving senior officials. The unrest intensified on Tuesday, with protesters attacking government buildings and private businesses. Police responded with tear gas, water cannon and batons after masked demonstrators threw stones at officers,...
10.16.2026 Bbc.com and 1 sites
Confronted with violent protests, Albania’s longtime leader, Edi Rama, on Sunday appealed to young demonstrators for calm, warning that the Balkan nation faced a “terrifying plague” fed by Iran, Russi...
10.18.2026 Nytimes.com and 1 sites
The Ministry of Education building has been set ablaze in Tirana. The Albanian capital is reeling from a third consecutive day of student-led mass protests. The protests which began in the country thi...
10.15.2026 Rt.com and 3 sites
18. 10. 2026 23: 20 As anti-government protests in Albania’s capital, Tirana, enter their sixth day, tensions in the streets are escalating. In the city, where demonstrators targeted ministry building...
10.18.2026 Haberler.comThe luxury high-rises transforming Tirana's skyline are meant to project the image of a modern European capital. But at the foot of one of these buildings, Samanta, a 22-year-old master's student in e...
10.16.2026 Dw.com
The Albanian Government has refused to step down after six days of violent protests in Tirana, saying its fall would set back the country’s European Union accession talks by years. Prime Minister Edi Rama, in office since 2013 and returned to a fourt...
10.19.2026 Brusselssignal.eu