Shushica Valley mobilizes against water diversion

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...

Residents of the Shushica valley protested for the fourth time against a water-supply project that would divert water from the Lëpusha source toward Himara. They said they had not been consulted and...

The Albanian Helsinki Committee submitted an amicus curiae brief during constitutional review of the Italy–Albania migration protocol. It documented the lack of public consultation and raised...

Environmental organizations and civil society representatives protested outside Parliament as lawmakers prepared to vote on changes to Albania’s Protected Areas law. Activists warned that the proposal...

Women and girls marched from Student City through Tirana under the slogan “The Night Is Ours,” demanding safety on streets, at work, at home, and online. Organizers linked gendered violence and...

Residents brought a symbolic pipe bearing more than 3,000 signatures to Tirana and protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office against the Himara aqueduct. The pipe represented the proposed...

Residents of the Shushica Valley joined the Brave Women of Kruščica from Bosnia and Herzegovina in a symbolic human chain across the river. The cross-border solidarity action opposed a water...

Women and girls marched in Tirana under the slogan “Don’t Touch My Freedom,” connecting economic poverty to gendered violence and restricted choice. Activists from Roma and Egyptian communities, women...

The Union of Trade Unions of Albania and the Albanian Coalition for Labour Rights brought hundreds of workers from tailoring, construction, healthcare, call centers, oil and municipal services to...