Roma activists bring Selita housing campaign to the Prime Minister’s office

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...

Students and professors rallied outside the Prime Minister’s Office against a draft law they said would raise fees, reduce student participation in decisions and direct public funds to private...

Hundreds of activists rode along Tirana’s main boulevards to protest domestic violence and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and press leaders to keep promises on equality. Organizers recalled that...

Amnesty International called on national and municipal authorities to stop the planned eviction of 44 Roma and Egyptian families—about 200 people—from Tirana’s Artificial Lake area. The appeal drew...

Residents and civic activists marched from City Hall toward the Artificial Lake Park to oppose a municipal playground project and what they described as the growing concreting of shared green space....

LGBTQ+ activists and supporters held the fifth annual bicycle Pride in Tirana, using public visibility to demand family rights, gender recognition, dignity, and protection from homophobia. The ride...