Opposition rally begins a three-day demand for election transparency

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...

More than 600 miners stopped work after union leader Zamir Hysa died in a mine accident. They demanded safer conditions, proper contracts and a 50 percent pay rise; the action followed other deadly...

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...

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...

After municipal officials ordered families to leave a riverside settlement without offering adequate alternative housing, 16 Roma families returned to the Artificial Lake area and rebuilt their...

The Alliance Against Waste Imports delivered a petition signed by about 62,000 citizens to Albania’s Central Election Commission, seeking a referendum on waste imports. The campaign objected to making...