Bulqiza mine strike follows another fatal workplace accident

MJAFT! organized a public parade in Tirana, using a red-covered truck reminiscent of May Day vehicles from the socialist period. The movement repurposed that visual memory to make a new civic...

MJAFT! activists protested a change to state protocol by Prime Minister Fatos Nano, using direct street action to challenge political privilege. A movement photograph records the action in May 2004;...

MJAFT! protested outside the Ministry of Finance against a proposed casino in central Tirana, arguing that decisions about the city and its social life should answer to residents. Activists met the...

The MJAFT! movement protested what it called arbitrary utility bills issued by the state-owned Albanian Energy Corporation. The action made household energy costs and opaque billing a public issue and...

Miners at the Bulqiza chromium mine began hunger strikes after weeks of labor action over pay, safety, contracts and housing. Thirty workers took turns fasting underground; some were hospitalized. The...

The Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania organized a march with civil-society groups against rising prices and service costs, poverty and the absence of social dialogue. Around 5,000 people...

The opposition held a three-day rally in Tirana demanding the opening of ballot boxes from the June parliamentary election. Party leaders addressed the crowd and warned of further demonstrations. This...

Relatives of people killed in the 2008 Gërdec munitions-factory explosion protested outside Tirana District Court over the slow pace of the trial. They asked for more frequent hearings and raised...

Socialist Party lawmakers and supporters began a hunger strike in central Tirana demanding a partial recount of the June 2009 election. The action was part of a prolonged party-led conflict that...

An opposition-organized demonstration against alleged corruption and vote-rigging ended in violent clashes. The Council of Europe records that four demonstrators were shot dead by security officers...