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🚨 LIVE: Protests in Albania continue with high intensity today!

🚨🚨🚨 - Edi Rama deploys Albania’s most elite, heavily armed police on the streets to fight protesters. The Prime Minister has crossed every red line. He is out of control and ready to do anything to protect his corrupt power.

Police lines in Tirana appear to have collapsed as protesters manage to seize officers' gear. Flames have also engulfed the Ministry of Justice. PM ​Rama loyalists, such as Tourism Minister Blendi Gonxhja, continue to address this critical situation with shocking irresponsibility

BREAKING 🚨 Military vehicles have been filmed moving through the streets of Tirana, where fierce protests have been ongoing since this morning. Protesters are gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Office, clashing with police. Sporadic fires have broken out near the building

"I apologize to my mother for telling her I wouldn't go to the protest—she fears I'll be hurt by the police. But I can't take it anymore, I am tired. For 5 years, I've studied &amp; worked full-time; the only thing keeping me going is hoping that one day I will leave this country"💔

🚨🚨🚨 Clashes in Albania have hit a critical tipping point. Police have deployed massive violence against students in Tirana. Protesters declare they will no longer tolerate PM Rama’s silence and mockery, which has dragged on for over 4 months while ignoring their demands. 🦩

The government in Albania is deploying gangs into the streets to crush young protesters. 🚨 The masked men with metal rods seen in the video claim to be police officers. Carrying no badges or identification numbers, they brutally detain young people and force them into cars.

🚨 Breaking - PM Edi Rama confronted by Albanian protesters in NYC while attending the UN General Assembly! One of the protesters threw eggs at him, while others shouted "Mafioso, thief, and criminal!" Albanians seem determined to see him gone. 🇦🇱🦩

Shocking reports from #Albania: Protesters held for two days are being abused. Niko Qarkja, an epilepsy sufferer, was hospitalized after being denied medication and beaten by police. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Lamallari is threatening the lawyer who exposed these abuses. 🚨🇦🇱🦩

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All of this is happening just so Edi Rama can stay Prime Minister of a corrupt regime. It is him against the people. #Albania

LIVE 🚨 – Violent protests continue in Albania. Citizens are gaining ground against the police and PM Rama

🚨 LIVE - Protests continue in Albania

New scandal in Albania 🚨Police enter the University of Vlora to terrorize students &amp; professors. Law bans police on campus. Yet, PM Rama’s promise of a €2,500 bonus for every officer confronting the protests has fueled aggressiveness among the lowest-paid police force in Europe

Hours of total chaos in Tirana, Albania. ​Cars set on fire, protesters climbing on police water cannons. Police shoot rubber bullets and tear gas, while protesters hit back with Molotov cocktails and fireworks.

Dramatic! Brutal violence against youth by police inside the courtyard of the Orthodox Church in Tirana. The €2,500 bonus promised by PM Rama seems to have blinded the eyes of the Albanian police officers even more. The situation in Albania is alarming. Rama refuses to resign.

🚨🚨🚨 - Edi Rama deploys Albania’s most elite, heavily armed police on the streets to fight protesters. The Prime Minister has crossed every red line. He is out of control and ready to do anything to protect his corrupt power.

🚨 Protesters attack &amp; throw Democratic Party MP Klevis Balliu into the river. Balliu's family have been part of party leader Berisha’s inner circle for nearly 40 years. Protesters are demanding the departure of both PM Rama &amp; Berisha, refusing the old political establishment.🇦🇱

Police lines in Tirana appear to have collapsed as protesters manage to seize officers' gear. Flames have also engulfed the Ministry of Justice. PM ​Rama loyalists, such as Tourism Minister Blendi Gonxhja, continue to address this critical situation with shocking irresponsibility

"I apologize to my mother for telling her I wouldn't go to the protest—she fears I'll be hurt by the police. But I can't take it anymore, I am tired. For 5 years, I've studied &amp; worked full-time; the only thing keeping me going is hoping that one day I will leave this country"💔

Day 8 of protests in Tirana: Citizens burned a dinghy 🔥—the infamous symbol of Albanian emigration to Italy in the '90s and to the UK in recent years. Along with cancelling the Kushner-Trump project, they demand the resignation of PM Rama &amp; opposition leader Berisha. #Albania 🦩

Albanian PM Rama held a tense conversation with CNN journalist Isa Soares. Rama stated that "Trump island" does not exist, but that Kushner is one of the group members in the project, which has not yet been finalized. He also accused POLITICO of fake news regarding this matter.

LIVE 🚨- The fourth day of protests in Tirana against the Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump project in the Narta-Zvërnec protected area has begun with incidents. Police fired water cannons at the citizens, while dozens of children accompanied by their parents were present. #Albania

Literally every Albanian anytime Dua Lipa speaks Albanian in public: 😍🤩 #Albania #dualipa

Kanye West performs today in #Albania, in a concert where sponsors and organizers failed to generate enough public interest to complete and fill the stadium. For this reason, the Albanian Government paid 4 million from the emergency fund so the concert wouldn't fail 👀. #Ye 🇦🇱

Shocking reports from #Albania: Protesters held for two days are being abused. Niko Qarkja, an epilepsy sufferer, was hospitalized after being denied medication and beaten by police. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Lamallari is threatening the lawyer who exposed these abuses. 🚨🇦🇱🦩

Day 38 of #Albania protests began with the news of PM Rama spending €4M for a #KanyeWest concert in Tirana, while healthcare suffers from a lack of investment. Citizens reiterated demands for the resignation of both Rama &amp; Berisha, &amp; the cancellation of the Kushner project.🇦🇱🦩

Police lines in Tirana appear to have collapsed as protesters manage to seize officers' gear. Flames have also engulfed the Ministry of Justice. PM Rama loyalists, such as Tourism Minister Blendi Gonxhja, continue to address this critical situation with shocking irresponsibility

"I apologize to my mother for telling her I wouldn't go to the protest—she fears I'll be hurt by the police. But I can't take it anymore, I am tired. For 5 years, I've studied & worked full-time; the only thing keeping me going is hoping that one day I will leave this country"💔

New scandal in Albania 🚨Police enter the University of Vlora to terrorize students & professors. Law bans police on campus. Yet, PM Rama’s promise of a €2,500 bonus for every officer confronting the protests has fueled aggressiveness among the lowest-paid police force in Europe

Hours of total chaos in Tirana, Albania. Cars set on fire, protesters climbing on police water cannons. Police shoot rubber bullets and tear gas, while protesters hit back with Molotov cocktails and fireworks.

🚨 Protesters attack & throw Democratic Party MP Klevis Balliu into the river. Balliu's family have been part of party leader Berisha’s inner circle for nearly 40 years. Protesters are demanding the departure of both PM Rama & Berisha, refusing the old political establishment.🇦🇱

Police lines in Tirana appear to have collapsed as protesters manage to seize officers' gear. Flames have also engulfed the Ministry of Justice. PM Rama loyalists, such as Tourism Minister Blendi Gonxhja, continue to address this critical situation with shocking irresponsibility

"I apologize to my mother for telling her I wouldn't go to the protest—she fears I'll be hurt by the police. But I can't take it anymore, I am tired. For 5 years, I've studied & worked full-time; the only thing keeping me going is hoping that one day I will leave this country"💔

Day 8 of protests in Tirana: Citizens burned a dinghy 🔥—the infamous symbol of Albanian emigration to Italy in the '90s and to the UK in recent years. Along with cancelling the Kushner-Trump project, they demand the resignation of PM Rama & opposition leader Berisha. #Albania 🦩

Day 38 of #Albania protests began with the news of PM Rama spending €4M for a #KanyeWest concert in Tirana, while healthcare suffers from a lack of investment. Citizens reiterated demands for the resignation of both Rama & Berisha, & the cancellation of the Kushner project.🇦🇱🦩