Zall-Gjoçaj residents plan continued resistance with EcoAlbania

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...

With market trading and recycling work curtailed by pandemic restrictions, Roma and Egyptian residents of Selita made a video protest asking institutions for food assistance. Their action showed how a...

Municipal authorities gave traders in Selita an ultimatum to clear a second-hand clothing market that provided income for about 30 families, many Roma and Egyptian. Residents resisted the demolition...

Municipal Police and the National Inspectorate for Territorial Protection completed demolition of the Selita market during COVID-19 restrictions. The market had supported around 30 Roma and Egyptian...

LGBTQ+ organizers continued Pride online during social distancing, treating the annual gathering as an ongoing process of solidarity rather than a single street event. More than 100 activists and...

Activists and residents marched from Fushë-Arrëz Municipality to a branch of the Fan i Madh River after pollution linked to a copper processing plant. The protest was called “Don’t Kill Our Children”;...