Third Day of Protests in Tirana: Student Actions Escalate into Clashes with Police
Mass protests continue in the capital of Albania for the third day in a row. Demonstrators threw stones and firecrackers at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons; fires broke out in the city center, and shops and banks were damaged. What began as student protests against the cost and quality of higher education escalated into a challenge to the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama: protesters joined the Flamingo movement, which opposes a resort project linked to Jared Kushner.
Aziz Karimov