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25 October 2026 Albania Albania Student-led protest broadens into a wider coalition in Tirana
13 October 2026 Albania Albania Students restart street protest over education and young people’s prospects
29 June 2026 Albania Albania One month of Flamingo civic resistance expands beyond environmental demands
25 June 2026 Albania Albania Protesters report summonses and pressure after Flamingo demonstrations
20 June 2026 Albania Albania A nationwide Flamingo demonstration brings diaspora and regions to Tirana
14 June 2026 Albania Albania People with disabilities join the Flamingo Revolution with access and service demands
9 June 2026 Albania Albania Tenth night of Flamingo demonstrations challenges resort plans
2 June 2026 Albania Albania Helsinki Committee calls for investigation of the Zvërnec protest response
31 May 2026 Albania Albania Zvërnec protest triggers daily civic mobilization in Tirana
30 May 2026 Albania Albania Private security drags a resident during the Zvërnec protest
26 May 2026 Albania Albania Environmental activists demand a halt to work in Pishë Poro–Nartë
23 May 2026 Albania Albania Residents resist fencing at Vjosa–Narta wetlands; Flamingo movement begins
16 May 2026 Albania Albania Residents and activists enter the fenced Pishë Poro–Nartë landscape
8 March 2026 Albania Albania “Revolt, Sister!” march calls for equality and protection
1 May 2025 Albania Albania Workers’ Day rally demands decent wages and safe work
8 March 2025 Albania Albania Feminist march links women’s freedom to poverty and marginalization
12 July 2024 Albania Albania Shushica residents and Balkan activists form a human chain at Brataj Bridge
25 May 2024 Albania Albania Shushica community delivers a pipe-petition to the Prime Minister
8 March 2024 Albania Albania “The Night Is Ours” march challenges gendered fear in public space
24 February 2024 Albania Albania Shushica Valley mobilizes against water diversion
22 February 2024 Albania Albania Environmental groups protest the proposed Protected Areas law
17 January 2024 Albania Albania Helsinki Committee and partner groups submit migration protocol amicus brief
16 December 2023 Albania Albania Shushica residents hold a fourth protest against the Himara aqueduct
15 November 2023 Albania Albania Civil society organizations demand withdrawal from Italy–Albania migration deal
20 May 2023 Albania Albania Tirana Pride calls for safety, healthcare and family recognition
15 March 2023 Albania Albania Vjosa designated a national park after a decade-long campaign
9 March 2022 Albania Albania Cost-of-living protests demand relief from rising prices
19 January 2022 Albania Albania 5 Maji residents organize against evictions and home demolitions
15 January 2022 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest dam despite a court suspension
30 June 2021 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest outside the Administrative Court of Appeal
11 April 2021 Albania Albania United Miners of Bulqiza appeal for international labor solidarity
8 March 2021 Albania Albania Feminist demonstration names unpaid work and pandemic inequality
9 February 2021 Albania Albania Environmental coalition challenges the Vlora Airport plan
9 December 2020 Albania Albania “Justice for Klodian”: protests against police killing
24 October 2020 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents stage a symbolic protest beside the threatened river
17 September 2020 Albania Albania Ballsh oil workers demand two years of unpaid wages
24 June 2020 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest dams in Tirana despite lockdown
6 June 2020 Albania Albania “Don’t Kill Our Children”: Fushë-Arrëz protests river pollution
17 May 2020 Albania Albania Tirana Pride moves online during COVID-19
21 April 2020 Albania Albania Selita’s second-hand market is demolished despite residents’ resistance
14 April 2020 Albania Albania Selita traders resist the planned demolition of their market
25 March 2020 Albania Albania Roma and Egyptian residents use video protest to seek pandemic support
23 January 2020 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents plan continued resistance with EcoAlbania
26 October 2019 Albania Albania Zall-Gjoçaj residents confront work on the dam site
6 July 2019 Albania Albania Communities unite in Tirana against hydropower concessions
18 May 2019 Albania Albania Tirana Pride marches for people who cannot safely join
30 April 2019 Albania Albania Mat residents demand an end to hydropower construction
8 April 2019 Albania Albania Roma community marches for housing and services
8 March 2019 Albania Albania Women hold a “Mourning Protest” against femicide
10 February 2019 Albania Albania Silent rally supports a 13-year-old survivor of sexual violence
4 December 2018 Albania Albania Student December begins: a nationwide university mobilization
22 November 2018 Albania Albania Astir residents confront police while defending homes from the New Ring project
12 July 2018 Albania Albania Free Flow documentary screens in the village of Polis
13 May 2018 Albania Albania Tirana Pride makes queer visibility part of city life
1 April 2018 Albania Albania Tirana supporters protest arrests of Kukës toll demonstrators
31 March 2018 Albania Albania Kukës residents mobilize against the Nation’s Road toll
8 March 2018 Albania Albania Women’s march for equality and dignity
22 January 2018 Albania Albania Vërri residents resist renewed incinerator construction
13 May 2017 Albania Albania LGBT activists ride despite a rival opposition rally
24 March 2017 Albania Albania Vërri residents demand the waste plant be relocated
16 February 2017 Albania Albania Vërri villagers take their anti-incinerator campaign to Parliament
1 October 2016 Albania Albania Thousands march against the law permitting waste imports
18 May 2016 Albania Albania “Vjosa – No Dams”: river communities demand a national park
14 May 2016 Albania Albania Tirana’s annual Gay (P)Ride advances family and gender recognition
19 March 2016 Albania Albania “Citizens for the Park” march against construction at Tirana’s Lake Park
12 October 2015 Albania Albania Rights groups demand an end to the eviction of Roma and Egyptian families
17 May 2015 Albania Albania LGBT activists stage the fourth Tirana Gay Ride
25 March 2015 Albania Albania Students and professors protest the higher education draft law
5 March 2015 Albania Albania Roma activists bring Selita housing campaign to the Prime Minister’s office
8 December 2014 Albania Albania “For the University” challenges fees and the funding model
17 November 2014 Albania Albania Eight Polis residents are charged after anti-dam protests
13 November 2014 Albania Albania Environmentalists renew protest against the Lengarica hydropower project
11 October 2014 Albania Albania Citizens protest hydropower concessions in Lengarica Canyon
17 May 2014 Albania Albania Tirana holds its first LGBT Pride march
8 April 2014 Albania Albania Roma residents protest for housing on International Roma Day
20 December 2013 Albania Albania Polis residents file a complaint over the Gurshpate concession
7 November 2013 Albania Albania “No to chemical weapons”: citizens oppose Syria weapons disposal plan
10 August 2013 Albania Albania Polis residents block construction traffic to defend irrigation water
5 August 2013 Albania Albania Roma families face renewed eviction threat
23 May 2012 Albania Albania Roma families flee attack at Shishtufinë barracks
17 May 2012 Albania Albania Tirana’s first public Pride action
13 March 2012 Albania Albania AKIP submits 62,000 signatures seeking a referendum on waste imports
27 January 2012 Albania Albania Roma families rebuild shelters beside Tirana’s Artificial Lake
21 January 2011 Albania Albania 21 January protest and the struggle for accountability
30 April 2010 Albania Albania Opposition supporters begin a hunger strike over the 2009 election
28 February 2010 Albania Albania Families of Gërdec victims protest delays in the trial
20 November 2009 Albania Albania Opposition rally begins a three-day demand for election transparency
25 February 2008 Albania Albania Trade unions and civil groups rally over prices and poverty
13 August 2007 Albania Albania Bulqiza mine strike follows another fatal workplace accident
25 June 2007 Albania Albania Bulqiza chromium miners begin hunger strikes for wages and safety
9 April 2006 Albania Albania MJAFT! protests arbitrary electricity bills
3 October 2005 Albania Albania “We don’t want a casino republic”: MJAFT! challenges casino licensing
21 May 2004 Albania Albania MJAFT! protests changes to state protocol
14 March 2004 Albania Albania MJAFT! stages a March parade for civic participation
21 February 2004 Albania Albania Large opposition march challenges the Nano government
16 January 2004 Albania Albania “20,000 candles”: MJAFT! mourns migrants lost at sea
1 April 2003 Albania Albania MJAFT! launches a civic campaign against political indifference