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2026-10-17 23:01:20Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Marzia Baldari, Il Fatto Quotidiano

"We are protesting violently because we have nothing left to lose. They must listen to us!" Tirana is engulfed in flames. Garbage bins are burning, shop windows are broken, and clashes with the police are fierce.

The smoke from the fires mixes with that of tear gas, while the city center is plunged into chaos. The Ministry of Education is destroyed. It is at this point, with the involvement of Albanian students, that the Flamingo Revolution has taken a new direction.

This is how Marilisa, a 26-year-old law student, describes the situation to me, whom I meet in Skanderbeg Square. She is wearing a mask to protect herself from tear gas. Behind her, a group of young people have just set fire to a street ornament.

"All of this is necessary," she says firmly. "We have been peacefully protesting for five months, but nothing has changed."

Silvana, a business informatics student, shares the same opinion. "We are not just protesting about the education system, but about everything. Corruption is everywhere: in schools, in hospitals."

Protests in Albania began in May against a Jared Kushner-linked tourism project on the island of Sazan. But they quickly turned into demonstrations against the government and Prime Minister Edi Rama. “Edi Rama, resign!” is the call that Albanians have not stopped repeating.

Three days ago, in a climate of protests that are also involving other European countries, from Spain to France, Albanian students decided to take to the streets to demand better conditions in schools and university dormitories.

But their demands go far beyond education. "Our universities lack equipment, rents are extremely high, and our diplomas are worthless. You only get a job if you pay someone...", Silvana insists.

The students say that so far they have not been heard from anyone and that the only response they have received has been indifference. Now, by escalating the protests, they are trying to attract attention and force the authorities to respond.

“We don’t want to leave our country. We want to study here and have a better future here,” the young woman concludes. “The cause of everything is the government. It is selling the country piece by piece. Instead of progressing, Albania is sinking deeper and deeper into poverty,” Kristal, 23, also a student, tells me.

However, it is not just young people who are protesting in the square. Alongside them are also older citizens, who see today's revolt as a continuation of a dissatisfaction that has much deeper roots.

Bujarja, 70, holds a placard denouncing 35 years of destruction and corruption. "There has never been a true democracy here. There has only been a continuation of the old dictatorship, because the children of the former communists have been in power again," she says.

I ask her if she supports the violence and destruction caused by young people. "We are governed by criminals and corrupt, degenerate politicians. We have been protesting for months, but they will not leave power. We have reached this point and we must act in this way," she replies.

But in the end, Bujarja makes a clear distinction between revolt and what no one wants to see happen: "We don't want bloodshed or murder. We only want one thing: for these politicians to go!"


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