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2026-10-17 15:27:29 UTC

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The cops aimed the water cannon directly at News24's camera to try to make it harder for an independent media channel to report.
They're now interviewing a reporter who confirms that media vans are being targeted.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8C2Ow9nLY
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2026-10-17 14:24:15 UTC

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The State Police made a statement about things, then journalist asked questions.
They asked why police are using "rubber" bullets. The reply was that the police are using the same weaponry allowed in the EU.
The translation app is misbehaving badly so it's hard to follow, but someone said that the cops were supposed to shoot low with the "rubber" bullets and instead we have people wounded in the head and neck and taken to the hospital - what will the accountability be?
#FlamingoRevolution
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#Corruption
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#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8C2Ow9nLY
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2026-10-17 12:40:23 UTC

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For the first time I know of and that I've witnessed the news mentioning, the Tirana cops and state police are using rubber bullets on the protestors as well as water cannons, tear gas, and "blue water" chemical irritant.
Ambulances are trying to get through to help protestors hit by them. (And there are volunteer street medics on the streets as well.)
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8C2Ow9nLY
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2026-10-17 12:08:15 UTC

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Day 140 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania, 5th day of escalation by young students into new tactics
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#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8C2Ow9nLY

2026-10-16 18:27:21 UTC

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Collage of screenshots of machine translation of some of the statement. Read one column all the way down, then move to the next of the four columns.
#FlamingoRevolution
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#Students
#Protest
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2026-10-16 18:03:07 UTC

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Someone I assume is a lawyer is reading a long statement about how minors were arrested and kept in isolation, about jail conditions without blankets, two to a bed. They are also saying that police are required to wear identifying information yet there is evidence that there were police in the crowd without badges or uniforms, presumably working as agents provocateurs...
They point out that ID doesn't just protect civilians, but protects cops from false accusations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
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2026-10-16 15:26:04 UTC

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What’s Happening in Albania? 🇦🇱 Why the Country Is Protesting
The fellow runs a language-learning channel and is based in Pogradec, Albania's 11th largest city (in the southeast, near the North Macedonian border).
He goes into the student aspect of this protest (which was catalyzed back in late May due to corruption in awarding developers permission and corruption in land claims resulting in takeover of public lands, but snowballed into just about every issue that's been going on for 30 years or more). He also goes into how corruption affects so many aspects of life and how that has made Albania the poorest country in Europe for so many years. The nation's youth and the best educated emigrate away.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOfmimSefc

2026-10-16 14:24:15 UTC

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Tear gas, water cannons, renewed breach of the Ministry of Finance.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA
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2026-10-16 14:01:52 UTC

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Cycle racks now pulled out (not hard to do...they were bolted or just on the pavement instead of sunk in concrete) and used as barricades.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
#BikeNite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA
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2026-10-16 13:42:35 UTC

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Machine translation: "State police withdraw; an officer tears up as students urge them to join their side against this regime."
Tërhiqet policia e shtetit,përlotet teksa studentët i‘u kërkojnë të bëhen me ta kundër këtij regjimi
Albanian cops are not paid much. While there is ACAB graffiti and some folks definitely feel that way, there are others who are trying to turn the cops by reminding them how little they are paid.
It's error-prone, but you can use auto-translate on captions to figure out the gist of the report.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0CX5NwETwc

2026-10-16 11:36:14 UTC

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Before going to commercial break, the News24 reporter was interviewing med students who'd set up a booth for street medicine near a café slightly off the main road (in a pedestrianized area).
There was a call online this week for med students to join in creating areas to do this. Though the cops have used tear gas on protestors for months now, I think this is the first I've seen some organized medical response (via this livestream).
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA

2026-10-16 09:01:28 UTC

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Students in Tirana have started marching. According to auto-translate captions of the reportage, they are heading to Rruga E Durrësit again.
Drivers are honking in support.
EDIT: Police are positioning the water cannon trucks again.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA

2026-10-16 08:55:24 UTC

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News 24 Albania continues with its live coverage.
They showed live video of students protesting in Lezhë and Gramsh, Albania today.
In Tirana, coverage is on the courthouse where the first 16 protestors arrested were charged. A defense lawyer is now giving a press conference outside. He says at least 7 protestors are currently in the Trauma Hospital with signs of violence to their faces and bodies. Another defense lawyer is saying the judge is basically rubber stamping whatever the prosecutors want.
Other coverage shows police deploying outside one of the high schools that was most active in the boycott/protest.
The reporter did not say this, but the impression I get from coverage today is that where the kids are less controllable by the state, they are able to be gotten at by putting pressure on parents and that is what is likely going on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-16 08:43:11 UTC

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The nightly Flamingo Revolution march didn't happen over the last 3 days because clearly protest was going on elsewhere. If there is no massing of students today, will the nightly march down the road the Prime Minister's office and other ministries are on pick up again? This remains to be seen.
The last couple days reinvigorated international and domestic interest in the Flamingo Revolution, but opinion is likely more divided now.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-16 08:40:08 UTC

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🔴Revolta studentore në ditën e katërt -: Çfarë po ndodh në Tiranë dhe në rrethe
"Student Uprising Enters Day Four – What Is Happening in Tirana and the Regions"
There is no mass gathering of students so far in Tirana. There was video elsewhere on this channel of students in some other Albanian cities, but they could have been from yesterday.
Police are stationed in a line outside Partizani high school in Tirana. The reporter is trying to ask them questions and also the cops seem to be questioning an adult who is standing outside. The campuses are not large so it's quite possible to just walk on the sidewalk and get questioned.
They might be going to asking for ID of any adults around schools to make sure they "have business" at the school. The police are also trying to make the reporter back off.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFJZK3MNeA

2026-10-16 07:39:47 UTC

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You can use auto-translate captions to get the gist of the report.
"The fate of the protest hero who stood up to the police / Lala: The Tirana Prosecutor's Office is expected to..."
Ja fati i heroit te protestes që i bëri ballë policëve/ Lala: Prokuroria e Tiranes pritet të ...
They arrested 16 protestors on October 13, the first day that the Flamingo Revolution took a turn. The parents of the arrested students are waiting outside the criminal court for word.
These are just the first protestors they've gone after who've gotten to this stage at court. The government will surely try to arrest more.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue6CiRjkYOE

2026-10-15 17:47:27 UTC

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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

2026-10-15 16:42:06 UTC

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I usually link to the News 24 Albania/Balkanweb livestreams because they are covering it even on nights no one else is. But since things got more "clickbaity" for international media, AP and Reuters have added livecams.
If you use a live translation app on the Balkanweb stream, you can learn more details from better-informed Albanian reporters, so I recommend those first.
But you can see different angles from the AP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWWB13t4_Uk
and
Reuters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH4D9_byzVI
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-15 16:24:45 UTC

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Police and protesters face off in Albania on third day of anti-govt demonstrations • FRANCE 24
NOTE: Anti-corruption demonstrations calling for gov't resignations have been going on for MUCH LONGER THAN THREE DAYS Today is Day 138 of consecutive days/nights of protest. It's just that it's taken a turn for different tactics as of 3 days ago.
#FlamingoRevolution
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#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKpN_XG-dGk

2026-10-15 15:51:50 UTC

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🔴 Dita e trete e protestës së studenteve! Cfare po ndodh tek kuvendi?
Yesterday protests went from noon 'til around midnight. Today they started as early as 8am and are likely to go until when people need sleep again.
When vandalism was involved, suddenly the foreign press started covering the Flamingo Revolution again... 🤔
AP and Reuters have both added their live cameras to the live cameras Albanian independent media network News 24/Balkanweb has been broadcasting daily since things started in late May.
Note: it's an Albanian tradition to celebrate birthdays with fireworks so they are easy to obtain all year. One constantly hears explosions and it's difficult to tell which are fireworks and which something more serious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f-e34n4CoI

2026-10-15 14:21:52 UTC

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Oct 14, 2026 story by Albanian journalists:
Student protest begins with boycott
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#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://citizens.al/en/2026/10/14/Student-protest-begins-with-boycott/

2026-10-15 14:17:40 UTC

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Rama says he will not resign as violent protests spread to other cities
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://exit.al/en/exit-explains/rama-says-he-will-not-resign-as-violent-protests-spread-to-other-c-i48102

2026-10-15 14:15:15 UTC

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Albanian PM Blames Opposition After Another Night of Violent Clashes
Edi Rama accuses opposition of trying to 'pull Albania down' after a second night of violence saw government buildings and businesses attacked and set on fire amid clashes between student protesters and police.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/15/albanian-pm-blames-opposition-after-another-night-of-violent-clashes/bi/

2026-10-15 11:12:30 UTC

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According to reporters, the protestors got together around 8am this morning in Tirana (whereas yesterday the called-for assembly that escalated was started at noon). Students boycott classes in Tirana (not just universities but many high schools).
I've heard reporters mention student protests in the main port city of Durrës as well as the northern border city of Shkodër and the coastal city of Vlorë (which is near the protected area that the #FlamingoRevolution was catalyzed by). Also Lushnje, Korçe... Not sure how many cities, but this is quite a lot at the same time and we haven't seen that happen since the earlier days of the Flamingo Revolution.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77b_Z3bWW8

2026-10-15 07:09:42 UTC

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The largely young and male group of protestors is out again this morning.
EDIT: There are girls out as well. Initial live video was focusing on groups of young men. There are students massing from all over. And reportedly student in the port city of Durrës are also boycotting classes and protesting.
The Parliamentary session has been canceled.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77b_Z3bWW8

2026-10-15 06:57:40 UTC

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Albania protests turn violent as students clash with police in Tirana | DW News
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ckj62OYVfA

2026-10-14 17:21:47 UTC

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With machine translation of the livecast, I hear the reporter on site saying (paraphrased):
"They protested peacefully for 135 days and were not heard."
Yesterday they breached the Ministry of Education and today the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, and started getting into the Prime Minister's office.
EDIT: And now they've marched to another street and are breaking the windows and lighting up the Ministry of Justice.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 16:24:57 UTC

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The protestors breached another government building. I'm not sure which one. It might be the Prime Minister's office.
They banged at the doors repeatedly until they breached them and then someone set things afire.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 15:29:09 UTC

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Outside a government building:
The reporter is wearing a full face respirator but still is feeling the force of how much tear gas has been deployed.
There are 3 water cannon trucks being used on protestors (not on fires).
Just about anything usable by protestors is being uprooted. The cement planters protecting the cycle lanes have been overturned into the street to make it harder for the cops to get through.
Protestors try to kick or throw back the tear gas cannisters.
The protestors have superior numbers and this is probably the only thing semi-protecting them right now.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 15:11:59 UTC

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A largely young male crowd of protestors broke into the Finance Ministry, dragged tables, chairs and more out onto the steps to start a bonfire. Someone started a fire on pipe cladding on the outside of the building.
Sidewalk tiles are broken into pieces to make ammo for throwing through windows and at riot cops/Special Forces, who have been using water cannons, tear gas, chemical irritant liquid (blue water), and more since yesterday.
UK embassy mssg: that there's a right to peaceful protest, but it doesn't include property damage. Thanks, UK. Did you speak up against the corruption they've been protesting since late May?
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 14:59:05 UTC

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They've broken into the Finance Ministry. Windows are being broken, tables and chairs brought out. And a fire is going along some pipe cladding on its side.
It's in the neighborhood with Parliament and the Prime Minister's office.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 14:11:28 UTC

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Revolta tashmë në një rrugë pa kthim, studentët ballë për ballë me flakët, zjarrfikësja nuk ndërhyn
Machine translated: "The uprising has reached a point of no return; students are face-to-face with the flames, yet the fire department is not intervening."
Hard for me to tell exactly who did what here. From previous comments from Albanians in protests, it is a tactic of the cops to have plainclothes cops get inside the protest to try to start shit, then get the protest to go in a direction they have an excuse to put down harshly.
But at largely young male protests, you can also have things go off the rails.
The building that's on fire is a small retail building, but it's next to the Apostolic Nunciature to Albania (Papal Embassy) and to an apartment building with retail on the bottom.
You don't see a lot of religious hatred in Albania so I deeply doubt that was a target.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBKukT3Z8QY

2026-10-14 11:44:52 UTC

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The News 24 reporter, not for the first time, is reporting that the cops are not just using plain water with the water cannon. They are using water with a chemical irritant as well. This happened some time ago as well with protests near Toptani.
So far as I know, no journalistic outlet has looked into this and commissioned an independent lab to analyze to see what's being used.
The News 24 reporter Ronaldo Saliani got hit with some of those chemicals as well and was coughing while trying to report it.
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5-V9bI_MI

2026-10-14 11:12:05 UTC

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"LIVE: Albanian students protest over education costs "
Despite the Reuters headline, this is not completely separate from the #FlamingoRevolution. They're using the same chants that have been used since late May.
Yes, it's a protest about schools, but it's an anti-corruption protest because it is corruption that makes the schools full of graft and low quality, it's the corruption that makes job prospects dire and for decades have made it so that young Albanians leave to work in the UK, EU, US, Australia, etc. and send $ home to their families.
The Kushner development was just the catalyst that lit the anger over decades of this corruption.
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_x9QLmN4og

2026-10-14 10:29:52 UTC

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Day 137 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana
For the past 48 hrs, focus has shifted to highlight issues youth are experiencing. Yesterday, they protested outside the Ministry of Education. Today they boycotted university classes all over Tirana and are back in front of the Ministry of Education making street barricades.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cie4f2Kao4Q
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2026-10-13 16:52:42 UTC

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Day 136 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
Today has been a big day, with a large protest of students outside the Ministry of Education starting around noon. The cops kept cool for a little while, but eventually used tear gas, water cannons, and night sticks and that is continuing hours later.
It looks like some bonfires were set in the street.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlqCEGnTa4

2026-10-13 15:13:18 UTC

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Ad kiosk set on fire, which is understandable to me because corporations get more public space than the public does. Most bus stops aren't even sheltered (and it gets VERY hot in summer and rains pretty good in winter) and lots of folks in Albania rely on the bus.
Chyron means "Two Journalists Injured While Reporting"
Tear gas continues.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
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2026-10-13 15:01:20 UTC

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Barricade improvised from a bit of the decorative steel fence that was ripped out of the concrete by some of the crowd, paired with a Sanitation pedicart.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
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2026-10-13 13:23:52 UTC

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The street the Ministry of Education is on is Rruga e Durrësit, the road to Durrës, Albania's major port. It is one of the major roads out of Tirana, which has a center-hub street system with just a few streets leading out. They're probably feeling a lot of pressure from more wealthy suburban drivers (and business drivers) to get the road clear.
The reporter is stating again and again that the protest was pretty calm before the cops intervened. They were just standing there protesting, nothing more than mild vandalism. They were throwing eggs, throwing tomatoes.
Then the cops made things escalate. The reporter is pointing it out from the POV (so far as I can tell from autotranslation) that if the purpose of the cops is to keep the peace, they're doing the opposite.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-13 13:14:46 UTC

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The reporter on the livecast, who is a half block or more away has been coughing from the tear gas.
Once there were more cops there and the water cannon, they went after protestors with nightsticks and the cannon.
While throwing sidewalk tiles was dangerous, I didn't see protestors targeting a person, but the building. The cops, however, are definitely targeting people, often 4 - 6 cops per protestor they're trying to beat or arrest.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-13 13:04:13 UTC

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Some protestors scaled the fence and also threw some of the uprooted fences through the windows of the Ministry of Education.
Some tear gas has been released and the cops are slowly going on the grounds between the perimeter fence and the Ministry looking to either arrest the people or to push them back onto the sidewalk and off Ministry property.
The cops have not gotten violent yet that I can see (and they've been the ones starting the violence in every other instance I've seen in the past months), but it's probably because they know they are deeply outnumbered by the students, some of whom are now throwing street tiles.
The cops are forming up for protection and erecting their riot shields.
The water cannon truck is now going.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest

2026-10-13 12:47:38 UTC

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Lots of young men there and things are escalating - property-wise.
They've torn down the permanent fence protecting the sidewalk from drivers and have piled the steel up. But some are also trying to throw that steel over the wrough iron fence of the Ministry.
They've started digging up the sidewalk tiles and breaking them into smaller pieces to throw at the Ministry of Education Building.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/433/665/000/196/852/original/c96bc04405169b93.png

2026-10-13 12:42:04 UTC

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Spray paint, eggs, water balloons, yes. But no violence from protestors.
Cops are there, as are Special Forces.
The graffiti says things that protestors have said throughout protests for months.
"Turp!" = Shame!
"Ju Erdhi Fundi!" = You are through/your time is up!
"Ministria e krimit" = Ministry of Crime
"Jep dorëheqjen!" = Resign!
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Students
#Protest
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/433/626/169/570/032/original/348cda84e69bfefe.png

2026-10-13 12:28:24 UTC

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"LIVE Breaking News – Protest Today! Young people are gathering in front of the Ministry of Education."
🔴LIVE Minuta e parë- Sot Protestë! Nis grumbullimi i të rinjve para Ministrisë së Arsimit
From autotranslation of one protestor interviewed, they were saying that Albania's youth deserves a future. So many feel they have to emigrate, where they do the worst jobs of the EU because even that pays better than working in Albania. They deserve to have a future and careers in Albania, it's not luxury to ask that.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
Popping off during the day and the crowd is larger and younger again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlqCEGnTa4

2026-10-12 17:28:43 UTC

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Day 135 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
"Citizen resistance continues; today marks the 135th day of the protest."
🔴 Vijon Rezistenca e qytetarëve, sot dita e 135 e protestës
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-Jih2i1FY

2026-10-11 19:39:20 UTC

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Day 134 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴Dita e 134-të e revoltës kundër qeverisë, nuk tërhiqen nga kërkesa për dorëheqjen e Ramës
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktz5AWH2zIw

2026-10-10 17:47:43 UTC

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Day 133 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
It's rainy weather, but folks are still out protesting.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqq-3SLKGWM

2026-10-09 17:23:58 UTC

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Day 132 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
It's rainy weather, but folks are still out protesting.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKSiQl8dRIk

2026-10-08 18:03:13 UTC

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Day 131 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
It's raining, but folks are still out protesting.
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrpsrUi-kQM

2026-10-07 18:09:52 UTC

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Why the Kushner-Trump $1.4B Albania Resort Is in Trouble | WSJ
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK15MsOoFt0

2026-10-07 17:14:55 UTC

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Day 130 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0-3KMq-RE

2026-10-06 17:57:55 UTC

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Day 129 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
🔴“Rama autokrat! Dorëhiqu!”/Dita e 129 e protestës,qytetarët mblidhen sërish sot para Kryeministrisë
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJ9rj9Pbiw

2026-10-05 17:36:21 UTC

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Day 128 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RegHPrl9PE

2026-10-04 17:09:12 UTC

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Day 127 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbob_gu4kY

2026-10-03 17:16:04 UTC

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Day 126 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EAEwBlen8

2026-10-02 19:28:04 UTC

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"Day 125 of uprising against the government; citizens back in the square"
🔴LIVE | Sot dita e 125 e revoltës kundër qeverisë, qytetarët sërish në shesh
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vURn0CYDx7A

2026-10-01 17:10:42 UTC

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"LIVE | Day 124 of the uprising against the government; citizens back in the square"
🔴LIVE | Sot dita e 124 e revoltës kundër qeverisë, qytetarët sërish në shesh
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTtig7KJQqI

2026-09-30 17:03:50 UTC

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"LIVE | Day 123 of the uprising against the government; citizens back in the square"
🔴LIVE | Sot dita e 123 e revoltës kundër qeverisë, qytetarët sërish në shesh
Ursula von der Leyen is in town so protests have been a little different on this Day 123 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XExH96dvtBo

2026-09-29 17:34:14 UTC

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Day 122 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZTMRsOZbwU

2026-09-28 18:07:53 UTC

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Day 121 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
🔴LIVE | Sot dita e 121 e revoltës kundër qeverisë, qytetarët sërish në shesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejyH0wlVYY0

2026-09-28 06:15:49 UTC

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Have a safe trip and food luck in school!

2026-09-27 21:12:21 UTC

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Day 120 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#FlamingoRevolution
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EdV-0-U_-8

2026-09-27 15:23:10 UTC

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Just happened across this summary (in PDF...probably not an accessible one), by a first generation Albanian-American, of the state of things in Albania prior to the elections in 2025 (In which current PM Edi Rama won an unprecedented 3rd consecutive term).
It's a good summary of Albanian politics post-Hoxha and pre-2025. Thus good background to know for the #FlamingoRevolution , where most protestors are calling for accountability and prosecution for members of both the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party.
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#Protest
https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Alb-1-Current-Poli.pdf

2026-09-26 20:54:25 UTC

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Machine translation:
Protesters break through the police cordon; after getting past the officers, they continue their march.
Protestuesit çajnë kordonin e policisë, pas bllokimit të efektivëve kalojnë dhe vijojnë marshimin
Day 119.
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LYEBUw9WY

2026-09-26 18:15:03 UTC

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Day 119 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAwdlMLEb8

2026-09-25 19:14:15 UTC

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Day 118 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴LIVE | Sot 118 ditë radhazi revoltë popullore – Protestuesit kërkojnë largimin e Edi Rama
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAEcml20mQM

2026-09-25 15:21:24 UTC

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Diaspora Albanians in #NYC egg Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama while he's in town for the UN meeting. 🥚 🥚🥚
https://www.sot.com.al/english/protesta-ne-new-york-rama-pas-incidentit-me-vezet-nuk-me-ndalin-dot-me-jarge-e-balte-pula-histerike-i5185349
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-24 18:35:56 UTC

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Day 117 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴 “Rama jep dorëheqjen”! Protesta e 117-të, shqiptarët në revoltë kundër qeverisë: Shteti ka rënë
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2-_MFLmOqU

2026-09-24 12:24:35 UTC

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Day 117 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
Starting earlier than the usual today. Protestors were around the Albanian Parliament, but the heavy cop presence was pushing them elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3kNbBYvzao
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-23 17:14:04 UTC

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Day 116 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlsPMAaSajk

2026-09-22 20:36:15 UTC

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Day 115 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7pfbmQWTaY

2026-09-21 17:25:01 UTC

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Day 114 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴Qytetarët nuk e ndalin aksionin dhe kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës, mbahet sot protesta e 114-të
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqjXqTX_rI

2026-09-20 17:42:01 UTC

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Day 113 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴Qytetarët nuk e ndalin aksionin dhe kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës, mbahet sot protesta e 113-të
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIzYsKS4-Gw

2026-09-19 19:12:01 UTC

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Day 112 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
Qytetarët nuk e ndalin aksionin dhe kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës, mbahet sot protesta e 112-të
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DdOD-S6J-Q

2026-09-19 10:21:35 UTC

OMG!
I didn't know Tram-EM was today!
12th European TramDriver Championship in Warsaw
Live as I post this!
The crowds in Warsaw don't seem as large as when it's been hosted in other cities. Maybe they just have more room to spread out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1PeT9Zeiow #Transport #Transportation #TramEM #Warsaw #Europe

2026-09-18 17:51:53 UTC

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Day 111 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
🔴 Nis dita e 111 e revoltës! Qytetarët kërkojnë revolucion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zcbdbth7VA
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-18 07:23:54 UTC

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AP footage of the protest from September 12, 2026
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxRmc4F3Hs

2026-09-17 19:48:12 UTC

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Day 110 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xeOPE5V6c

2026-09-17 16:52:17 UTC

How did we ever get to the point where corporations get to unilaterally remake a contract?
I'm so tired of "we've updated our terms of service" and it is almost always for the worse.
Do you get to unilaterally remake the terms of your loan?
Do you get to unilaterally redo your mortgage?
Do you get to unilaterally tell your boss your "terms of service" have changed?
#EatTheRich #Law

2026-09-17 10:51:43 UTC

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This is a re-upload, but they do not say when it was originally made and aired.
I've only had time to watch 12 minutes of it so far, but it seems worthwhile for knowing some of the players and incidents that happened before the #FlamingoRevolution started.
There's a lot of foreign attitude towards Albanian corruption, as if they do not have their own corruption in the EU, US, etc. I'd say the democratic traditions here are weaker and for historical reasons.
It's not like Western Europe and the US were that helpful in keeping out the vultures from their own countries who came here rushing to bring capitalism, not democratic traditions.
It is this corruption, by all the ruling parties, that the protests have been about.
However, on any given night there is less violent crime happening in Tirana than in many European capitals, IME.
Drugs, Dollars, Diplomacy: Albania and the EU (Re-upload)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mmpmPknns
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#EU
#Protest

2026-09-17 08:00:46 UTC

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Live morning coverage of protestors outside the court where protestors who were arrested on Monday are.
There are also protestors massing outside the plenary session of the Albanian Parliament.
Cops put up barriers at 8:30am before any protestors were even there, according to News24. Cops and "eagle forces" are armed and armored.
🔴 Nis dita e 110 e revoltës! Qytetarët protestojnë pranë Kuvendit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4InL_afzs
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-16 20:07:09 UTC

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Day 109 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMn48bejtM8
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-16 12:20:27 UTC

"Right off the bat, it’s worth mentioning that this is a company that truly values its customers. I say this as someone who’s been a user for years: NO SUBSCRIPTIONS! You buy once, and you own it outright."
https://audionewsroom.net/2026/09/rogue-amoeba-review-own-it-once-route-everything.html #MacOS #Music #Audio

2026-09-15 17:10:26 UTC

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Day 108 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
(Live at time I'm posting it. For "normal" days, it starts with people talking to the network reporter on the square as folks are massing up. Then they walk from there to Parliament/Prime Ministry, reaching there close to 8pm Tirana time.)
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3neuGqfeqQ

2026-09-14 17:56:21 UTC

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Day 107 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania (and other cities...)
🔴 LIVE | 107 ditë revoltë! Qytetarët nuk heqin dorë, paralajmërojnë mosbindje civile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oJ4oGKFBm4
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-14 08:16:39 UTC

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Protests continue in Albania over Jared Kushner-linked resort on 105th day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpd-CoGZ2pE
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-14 08:11:00 UTC

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Mainstream foreign coverage of this really skews things
Kushner's development and the private goons hired by it and how they dragged a protestor away while cops just watched was the CATALYST, not the whole reason for this sustained protest. Because it is emblematic of a long-standing problem with corruption and the powerful just grabbing public lands, especially along the coastlines and waterways.
Yes, people are still pissed about that Kushner development, but it's so much bigger than that and mainstream reporting doesn't cover it unless there's "violence" or some new Kushner connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul3M-fGqRDA
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-13 18:03:21 UTC

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Day 106 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
Protesta e 106-të kombëtare, qytetarët dhe Diaspora në sheshet dhe rrugët e Tiranës
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8ysVXEr_M
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-12 17:59:22 UTC

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"Residents of Rrjoll protested again today against the construction of the “Baks Bay” resort, claiming that the project encroaches on their properties. They warned that, in the coming days, they would maintain a round-the-clock presence near the construction site in protest."
This is the village where the footage of residents pushing over a fence and a security outbuilding came from a month or two ago.
Banorët e Rrjollit protestuan sërish sot kundër ndërtimit të resortit “Baks Bay”, duke pretenduar se projekti prek pronat e tyre. Ata paralajmëruan se në ditët në vijim do të vendosen 24 orë pranë kantierit në shenjë kundërshtimi.
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WaKcE3yw_B8

2026-09-12 17:12:18 UTC

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Day 105 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
Protesta e 105-të kombëtare, qytetarët dhe Diaspora sot në sheshet dhe rrugët e Tiranës
"The 105th national protest: citizens and the diaspora are in the squares and streets of Tirana today."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7I3iNx0NmU
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-12 13:55:36 UTC

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Machine translation: "Diaspora convoy "stuck" in Montenegro / Murataj: The government "held its tongue"—it didn't say a word."
Autokolona e diasporës "ngeci" në Mal të Zi/ Murataj: Qeveria “preu gojën”, nuk tha asnjë fjalë
The Albanian diaspora (which is huge...that's one of the complaints of the protest...that conditions in Albania have been so bad for so long that most of its youth emigrate) has been a stalwart of the protest. They come in and out of Albania to bolster numbers as well as to coordinate actions in countries where the diaspora is. And the Albanian gov't seems to have told the border guards not to let them drive in from #Montenegro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdCTTRhtq2U
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-11 18:54:14 UTC

I just saw a "Ted Lasso" scene that someone created both English and Chinese subtitles for.
And it occurred to me...In written English, you can represent when someone has an accent or dialect by how you spell what they're saying. Either by misspelling it in certain ways (French accent 'this' becomes 'zis') or by leaving off the 'g' in '-ing' words because the speaker is or using dialect words like "ain't".
But since Chinese uses pictograms, I assume it would be hard to represent a dialect that way. Is that true? Or are there other ways in writing that Chinese literature would represent an accent or dialect?
#Language #Writing

2026-09-11 17:57:47 UTC

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Diaspora Albanians traveling home to Albania to join the protest were stopped at the border, it sounds like.
Machine translation: "Activist from London: Cars bearing flag logos were blocked in Montenegro on orders from Albania!
Aktivisti nga Londra: Bllokuan makinat me logo me flamur në Mal të Zi me urdhër nga Shqipëria!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUEUDfuayF0
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-11 17:01:14 UTC

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Day 104 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
104 ditë protestë/ Qytetarët mblidhen sërish sot para Kryeministrisë: Rama jep dorëheqjen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nci0w7QYCuE
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-10 19:47:50 UTC

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Day 103 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
Very feisty tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnBAj_Rx7o
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-10 13:41:13 UTC

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This is the site the journalist Lorin Kadiu is showing in that Guardian piece.
Available in Albanian, English, and Spanish.
https://whoownsthealbaniancoast.com/
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-10 13:08:31 UTC

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Albania’s uprising against Kushner, Trump and political elites | On the Ground
These media outlets need to do better than parachuting outsiders here to explain things. There are Albanian journalists who've been doing the work all along and they speak English. That's who they should hand the mic to, IMO. (EDIT: he did a better job than I was expecting and did talk to one Albanian journalist.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZodOKwdEU #Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-09 20:48:42 UTC

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Day 102 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG5rEvlsWaQ
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-09 13:55:03 UTC

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Machine translation: "Citizens were taken by force, Osman Stafa tells what happened during the clash with the police"
Qytetarët u morën me forcë, Osman Stafa tregon çfarë ndodhi gjatë përplasjes me policinë
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsnskQpT4k0
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest

2026-09-09 13:43:48 UTC

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Ah. The only good stuff in that France24 piece was just AFP footage they licensed.
"Police in Albania clashed with protesters and blocked them from reaching parliament during the latest rally against a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The demonstrations on Tuesday came as parliament returned from its summer recess and marked the 100th day of protests on Monday. (AP Video/Eri Xhabafti)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQQyMONicaw
#Albania
#Corruption
#Balkans
#Europe
#FlamingoRevolution
#Protest