إصابة 51 شرطيا خلال احتجاجات طلابية في ألبانيا

🇦🇱 Albania saw France-style student protests as anger over education costs, poor universities and bleak job prospects spilled into the streets. Clashes turned violent as police deployed tear gas and water cannons, while fires broke out and government buildings were reportedly torched.

— Europa.com (@europa) October 15, 2026

🇦🇱🔥 Second day of violent student protests in Tirana: clashes, fires and attacks on government buildings as protesters demand PM Rama's resignation Demonstrators and riot police clashed in Tirana for a second straight day on Oct. 14, in protests triggered by students demanding better university conditions and the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. AFP reports that over several hours police used water cannon and tear gas while protesters threw paving stones and petrol bombs, built barricades, set bins on fire and smashed windows of government buildings and shops, setting a building on fire at least once. Protesters moved toward the prime minister's office, throwing stones at the building and at police, who responded with water cannon. A group smashed the windows of a bank branch and burned documents inside, and a business on the ground floor of the twin towers near the Pyramid was set on fire. The day before, hundreds of students hurled bricks and concrete blocks at the Education Ministry. Reported by AFP, AP, Al Jazeera, BIRN and Arab News. NOT CONFIRMED: That three ministries were stormed and set on fire, and that protesters tried to enter Parliament. I found confirmed attacks and fire at the Education Ministry and stone-throwing at the prime minister's office; a local outlet describes unrest reaching other government and parliamentary buildings without details. I found no official count of injuries or arrests. The Flamingo movement began as environmental protests against a luxury tourism project linked to US President Trump's family in southern Albania and became an anti-government campaign demanding Rama's resignation. Students cite university conditions, tuition fees and cost of living. President Bajram Begaj urged calm, Deputy PM Albana Kociu said "violence has not been, is not, and will never be a solution," and protesters told two opposition Democratic Party MPs to leave, chanting against both Rama and opposition leader Sali Berisha. A student movement with an anti-establishment message, deliberately distanced from the opposition parties, is escalating from marches to attacks on state buildings, and the government is facing the dilemma of heavy policing versus concessions on education. What to watch: official casualty and arrest figures, whether the violence continues into Thursday, any government response on tuition and university conditions, and whether Rama makes concessions. Sources: AFP; AP; Al Jazeera; Balkan Insight (BIRN); Arab News; Tirana Times.

— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) October 14, 2026

Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana, Albania, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs and corruption https://t.co/BStRiDaJ4n https://t.co/beoeV2dGok

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 14, 2026

VIOLENT CLASHES IN #ALBANIA! Student protests in the capital turned violent as demonstrators smashed shops and clashed with police, who deployed tear gas. The “Flamingo Revolution” is demanding PM Edi Rama’s resignation over corruption allegations. 23 detained, 7 injured. https://t.co/U0QJLon7PG

— Smriti Sharmaa (@SmritiSharma_) October 14, 2026