This is Reuters' bureau chief for Greece "and the Balkans", who is based in Athens.
While he's not wrong that protestors are angry, he mentions the tear gas and water cannons as if they were only recent. They're not.
Going back some months, the cops have geared up with water cannon trucks, tear gas, night sticks, and "blue water" when the protestors were doing nothing more "violent" than egging the cars of MPs as they drove in their shiny luxury SUVs into the Parliament parking.
It's always worth questioning when you see foreign reports on a country - where are the in-country journalists and why are they not leading the on-camera coverage?
What is correct is "cat & mouse". Since the very young students who started recent things don't have stategists to speak of, things happen on the fly and it catches cops with their pants down. The students can change faster than the cops.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lzntAobWQ14
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