Tirana, 16 October 2026, dtt-net.com - Massive student-led demonstrations convulsed Albania, escalating into violent clashes with riot police as civil unrest spread from the capital to northern cities.
The protests, now in their fourth consecutive day, are driving widespread demands for the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, whom demonstrators accuse of presiding over systemic state corruption.
In the capital city of Tirana, a volatile demonstration gridlocked the city centre for nearly 11 hours, with the crowd swelling by thousands by nightfall to pack the main square and chant "down with dictatorship" aimed at Rama and his associates.
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