Women hold a “Mourning Protest” against femicide

The seventh Tirana Gay (P)Ride brought roughly 400 participants to the main boulevard, the largest such event to date, and proceeded peacefully. Activists’ presence contested social stigma and...

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...

Roma residents marched from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to Tirana Municipality, demanding implementation of rent support, access to health care, and equal services. Community members...

Residents of Zall-Gjoçaj, Gjoçaj, and Dukagjin gathered in Mat to demand suspension of a hydropower plant on their river. They warned that putting water into pipes would damage the ecosystem and...

Under the slogan “We March for You Too,” LGBTQ+ activists and allies marched for people who had left Albania, feared coming out, or faced discrimination at school and work. The event framed Pride as...

Residents from river communities across Albania gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office under the call “No HEC in our rivers.” The action joined local struggles over drinking water, farmland, and...

Residents from Zall-Gjoçaj and surrounding villages gathered near the water source to stop construction work on a hydropower project. They said the source was essential for farming and daily life...