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Flare and fighting in Albanian parliament dispute
There were chaotic scenes in Albania’s parliament during a vote for the country’s next human rights ombudsman.
![Belind Kellici, a Member of Parliament representing the Democratic Party, holds a flare during tensions between the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition during a parliament session in Tirana, Albania on Dec. 18, 2025. [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1766078526.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Greece's culture ministry on July 8, 2025, ordered a partial closure of the Acropolis, the country's top monument, to protect visitors amid heatwave conditions. [File: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/000_663Z4G3-1751972969.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![An Italian Navy ship, right, with 49 migrants, approaches the port, in the third such attempt following hurdles by Italian courts, in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 [Vlasov Sulaj/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25028317654674-1738056936.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![A navy boat carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked at Shengjin port in Albania on October 16 [Adnan Beci / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/libra-1729078984.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Supporters of the opposition protest against the government in Tirana, Albania, on October 7, 2024. [Florion Goga/Reuters]
A fire burns behind police officers deployed during an antigovernment protest in front of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's office in Tirana. [Florion Goga/Reuters]
An opposition protester holds a flare during an antigovernment rally. [Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo]
A few thousand people took part in the protest organised by the main opposition Democratic Party. [Olsi Shehu/Anadolu]
An opposition supporter waves a wooden stick at riot police. [Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo]
A billboard depicting Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama burns behind a riot police cordon during the antigovernment rally. [Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo]
Clashes broke out between security forces and demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails and smoke bombs. [Olsi Shehu/Anadolu]
Opposition supporters scuffle with riot police during the protest. [Hameraldi Agolli/AP Photo]
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Explosions, fire and tear gas at anti-government protests in Albania
There were explosions and fires in Albania’s capital as police confronted anti-government protesters.
Published On 8 Oct 2024
The danger of ‘pro-EU’ Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans
Sentiments towards the EU expressed by some civil society actors increasingly overlap with those of anti-EU forces.
