Roma residents protest for housing on International Roma Day

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...

Residents filed a complaint with the Librazhd district prosecutor, arguing that the company had breached its contract obligations. The legal action followed years of community complaints about missing...

LGBTQ+ activists and allies marched through central Tirana on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, concluding the city’s Diversity Week. Organized by PINK Embassy, Human Rights...

Environmental activists and citizens protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office against five planned hydropower plants in Lengarica Canyon. They demanded cancellation of the concessions and...

Activists rallied outside the Prime Minister’s Office against a hydropower plant in Lengarica, arguing that the water belonged to the community and decisions over shared resources should involve those...

Eight residents were charged over a confrontation with police during July protests against the Gurshpate hydropower plant. The charges followed community efforts to protect drinking and irrigation...

Students from the “For the University” movement interrupted a public event attended by the Prime Minister, protesting higher master’s fees and a funding model they saw as shifting public education...