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Albania anti-government protests Tirana clashes
The story so farAlbanian police fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student protests demanding that Prime Minister Edi Rama step down. Violent clashes between anti-government demonstrators and riot police took place throughout Saturday in the capital, Tirana. The protests combine student demonstrations over education with broader opposition to rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.
Still watching
- What role will the luxury development linked to Jared Kushner play in the government's response to the protests?
- Will the government respond to the student demands on education and the living-cost concerns behind the protests?
- Will Prime Minister Edi Rama step down as protesters demand?
How it developed
Albania anti-government protests Tirana clashes
- Albanian police fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student protests demanding that Prime Minister Edi Rama step down.
- Violent clashes between anti-government demonstrators and riot police took place throughout Saturday in the capital, Tirana.
- The protests combine student demonstrations over education with broader opposition to rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.
Albania anti-government protests and clashes in Tirana
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