Zall-Gjoçaj residents protest dam despite a court suspension

After police officer killing of 25-year-old Klodian Rasha, hundreds gathered outside the Ministry of Interior with candles and banners demanding justice and the minister’s resignation. Protests...

A coalition of 16 Albanian and regional environmental organizations challenged government plans for an international airport inside the Vjosa–Narta protected landscape. They argued the decision lacked...

Women gathered in Tirana on International Women’s Day with messages linking patriarchy, unpaid domestic labor and the unequal burdens intensified by the pandemic. Organizers said the action also spoke...

The United Miners of Bulqiza trade union published a video appeal asking workers abroad to support their organizing. The union described how privatized mineral concessions and weak labor protections...

Residents demonstrated in Tirana and asked the court to set a hearing date on their challenge to the Seka hydropower plant. They argued that construction threatened the protected ecosystem and their...

Residents of Tirana’s 5 Maji neighborhood organized resistance as municipal police and the Territory Protection Inspectorate arrived before dawn to demolish homes. Residents protested the lack of...

Citizens began demonstrations in Tirana as fuel and food prices rose sharply, with farmers, transport workers and other residents joining calls for relief and accountability. The protests questioned...

Albania declared the Vjosa a national park, following years of organizing by river communities, Albanian scientists and environmental groups against dam construction and for free-flowing river...

LGBTI+ people and allies marched in Tirana under the call “Open Your Heart,” combining celebration with demands for equal rights. Participants highlighted discrimination and violence, healthcare...

Human-rights groups and activists called on the Albanian government to reconsider the migration protocol with Italy. They objected that the agreement was signed and published without public...