AKIP submits 62,000 signatures seeking a referendum on waste imports

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...

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...

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...

Roma families recently resettled at former military barracks on Tirana’s outskirts fled after local residents attacked them and threatened them with guns. The episode exposed how relocation schemes...

Amnesty International warned that about 37 Roma families faced forced eviction as their land was redeveloped, without lawful process or alternative housing. The alert amplified residents’ housing...

About 600 residents of Polis and nearby villages protested construction of the Gurshpate 2 hydropower plant, blocking the road with stones and burning tires to stop company vehicles. They said the...

Hundreds of citizens, environmentalists and journalists rallied outside the Prime Minister’s Office as Albania was considered as a site for dismantling Syrian chemical weapons. Protesters challenged a...