A demonstration on January 21, 2011 was violent and resulted in the death of three persons with injuries to many others, including State Police. Today, Albanian citizens made a long and silent walk in honour of the dead. Tirana, Albania. 28/01/2011
The oppostion party leader Edi Rama is calling for a mass demonstration and protest against the government in the rainy Tirana today. After the former Deputy Prime Minister resigned from both of his positions. Tirane, Albania. 21/01/2011
Albania's main opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama holds flowers as he leads opposition supporters during a march in honor of three killed people during an anti-government demonstration. Tirana, Albania 22/01/2011
Albanian capital, Tirana is now among the hottest cities in Europe. Tirana has a Mediterranean climate, with hot and moderately dry summers, and cool and wet winters.
More than 20,000 people take part in a bloody protest on the streets Friday, demanding
that Prime Minister Sali Berisha call early elections after the country’s
Deputy Prime Minister Llir Meta resigned. Tirana, Albania. 22/01/2011
The streets of Tirana turn into a battlefield after a socialist party rally leads to violent clashes with the police. 3 people are reported to have been killed by gunshots whilst dozens have been injured including 17 policemen.
Several hundred thousand ethnic Albanians gather together in the main square in Tirana, Albanian’s capital city, to celebrate independence. Albania proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman empire on 28 November 1912.
The Socialist Party does not accept the result announced by the Central Election Commission for the mayoral race of the Albanian capital, Tirana. Socialist leader Edi Rama said that the result was stolen in front of the Albanians’ eyes. 24th May 2011
Supporters of Albania's opposition Socialist Party clashed with police outside the prime minister's office on Friday at the start of a rally, called to demand the government's resignation over corruption allegations. Tirana, Albania. 21/01/2011
The facade of the Sarajevo Town Hall is officially displayed after several years of renovation. The Austrian–Hungarian built City Hall was burned down in 1992 by artillery attacks from the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992–1995 siege of Sarajevo.
The chrome miners protesting for almost two months for better working conditions, wage increases, and preserving the future of the mine continue their hunger strike 1400 meters underground. Albania. 26th July 2011
A day after widespread unrest and a government crackdown leading to 3 deaths and numerous injuries, Albanians count the cost and consider the continuing political stalemate as burnt out cars litter the streets of Tirana and the dead are remembered.
In 1912, Albania became the last Balkan country to declare independence from the Ottoman Empire. But many Albanians were left outside the new state, giving rise to the dream of "all Albanians under one nation'.
1800 troops from the Albanian Armed Forces, the State Police, the National Guard and the Kosovo Security Forces paraded for one hour at the Skanderbeg Square, in Tirana, the Albanian capital city.
The Albania–Kosovo Highway (Rruga e Kombit in Albania or Rruga Dr. Ibrahim Rugova in the Republic of Kosovo, is a four-lane highway under constructed since 2007 by the American-Turkish consortium Bechtel-ENKA between Albania and Kosovo.
From Bolivia to Tanzania, from Canada and from Tirana in Albania to Tijuana, Mexico, from Alaska to Palestine: the mobilization of the World Day of October 15, saw 952 cities in 82 countries demanding global change. Rome, Italy. 15th October, 2011
Anti-riot police used batons and pepper spray to push back several hundred Kosovo Albanian protestors from a checkpoint as they tried to blockade the northeastern border with Serbia. Dheu i bardhe, Kosovo. 14th January 2012
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