Crosswire — October 22, 2026
DAILY BRIEFING
GEOPOLITICS
Albania: Rama Digs In as Student Protests Hit Day Seven
What happened: Students and young Albanians have clashed with riot police in Tirana for seven straight days, trying to force out Prime Minister Edi Rama. Before Monday's violence, official figures already counted 295 injured, 186 of them police.
What the protesters want:
Grievances: Poor university conditions, corruption, alleged election rigging, and alleged links between the government, wealthy foreign investors and organised crime.
The deeper driver: Albania has lost roughly a million people to emigration in…
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