Families of Gërdec victims protest delays in the trial

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...

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...

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...

LGBTQ activists rode bicycles along the central boulevard in a public action challenging hostility and the pressure to remain invisible. Pro LGBT and the Alliance Against Discrimination of LGBT...