Tirana Pride makes queer visibility part of city life

More than 200 LGBTQ+ people, civil society activists, and supporters held Tirana’s sixth Gay (P)Ride despite fears that a large opposition rally could obstruct it. Activists declared their parade a...

Residents again protested construction of the Vërri incinerator, which they said would sit roughly 700 meters from homes and threaten farming and health. Video recorded by Nisma #Thurrje showed police...

Women and girls from civil-society organizations marched in Tirana for equality, dignity, protection from violence and prevention of early marriage. Feminist organizers also used posters and public...

Thousands of residents protested a new toll on the Durrës–Kukës highway, arguing that a publicly financed road linking Albania and Kosovo was being turned into an unaffordable pay barrier. The...

Citizens and civil society activists gathered outside the Tirana Police Directorate to demand the release of people arrested after the toll protest. Local businesses also opposed the fee, describing...

BIRN Albania screened Free Flow in Polis, a community at the center of resistance to hydropower projects. The documentary brought villagers’ accounts together with activists, scientists, and...

Residents of Tirana’s Astir neighborhood protested planned home demolitions for the New Ring Road and confronted police outside Parliament. They demanded fair compensation and recognition of...

A class boycott at Tirana University’s Department of Urban Planning against a resit-exam fee spread into a mass student mobilization. Students from public universities demanded fee reductions,...

Hundreds of parents, students and residents joined a silent rally in Tirana after a 13-year-old girl in Kavaja was sexually assaulted and blackmailed by other minors. The gathering expressed...

Hundreds of activists, women’s organizations, and protection networks marched in Tirana and other cities wearing black to remember women killed by family members and demand a functioning protection...