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Italian media echoes student protest in Tirana: Young people challenge Rama, corruption is everywhere!
2026-10-16 11:41:00 / POLITIKË
From universities to the streets of the capital, protests in Albania are taking on wider proportions. Young and old alike are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, while students denounce corruption, difficult conditions in universities and a lack of prospects for the future. "We are protesting violently because we have nothing left to lose. They must listen to us."
This is how one of the young people interviewed by journalist Marzia Baldari describes the situation in Tirana, in a report published by the Italian media Il Fatto Quotidiano, which brings evidence from the protests against the government and Prime Minister Edi Rama.
According to the report, the capital has been engulfed in violent clashes, with garbage cans engulfed in flames, storefronts broken and clashes between protesters and police. The smoke from the fires has been added to the smoke from tear gas, while the situation in the city center is described as chaotic. The article also states that the Ministry of Education building has been severely damaged.
The Italian journalist links the escalation of protests to what she describes as a movement led by Albanian students, who have taken to the streets to demand changes and accountability from the government.
Students: We are not protesting just for education, but for everything.
In Skanderbeg Square, the journalist meets Marilisa, 26, a law student, who is wearing a mask to protect herself from tear gas. Behind her, according to the description in the report, a group of young people had just burned a bench.
"All of this is necessary. We have been protesting peacefully for five months, but nothing has changed," she says.
The same concern is shared by Silvana, a business informatics student, who emphasizes that students' dissatisfaction goes beyond the education system.
"We are not just protesting about the education system, but about everything. Corruption is everywhere: in schools, in hospitals," she says.
According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, protests in Albania began in May, in opposition to Jared Kushner's project on the island of Sazan, but then turned into protests against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
"Edi Rama, resign!" is the call that, according to the journalist, is constantly heard by Albanian protesters.
The report also notes that, at a time when youth protests are taking place in various European countries, Albanian students have also taken to the streets to demand better conditions in schools and dormitories.
"You can only find a job if you pay someone."
But the students' demands are not limited to study conditions. They raise concerns about the lack of equipment at universities, high rent costs, and the difficulties of finding a job after graduation.
"Our universities lack equipment, rents are extremely high, and our diplomas are worthless. You only find work if you pay someone," Silvana told Italian media.
The students say that so far they have not been heard by the institutions and that their demands have been met with indifference. According to them, the escalation of the protests is a way to attract attention and get a response from the authorities.
However, they emphasize that their goal is not to leave Albania, but to build their future here.
"We don't want to leave our country. We want to study here and have a better future here," says the student.
Meanwhile, Kristal, 23, also a student, blames the government for the situation in the country.
"The cause of everything is the government. It is selling the country. Albania, instead of progressing, is sinking deeper and deeper into poverty," she says.
Elderly people also protest: There has never been true democracy here
. It is not just young people who are on the streets of Tirana. According to the report, elderly citizens have also joined the protest, expressing their dissatisfaction with politics and the way the country has been governed over the years.
Bujare, 70 years old, holds a banner denouncing 35 years of destruction and corruption.
"There has never been true democracy here. There has only been a continuation of the old dictatorship, because the children of the former communists were still in power," she tells the journalist.
Asked if she supports the violence and destruction caused by young people, the 70-year-old responds that, according to her, the country is run by corrupt politicians and that the protests that have been taking place for months have not brought about the desired change.
"We've been protesting for months and they won't leave. We've reached this point, we have to act this way," she says.
However, in the end, Bujare emphasizes that citizens do not want bloodshed or murder, but the removal of politicians who, according to her, are responsible for the situation.
"We don't want bloodshed or murder. We only want one thing: for these politicians to go," she concludes.
Il Fatto Quotidiano 's report thus brings the voices of students and citizens expressing dissatisfaction with corruption, economic conditions and lack of trust in institutions, presenting the protest as a movement that goes beyond educational demands and touches on broader concerns for the future of the country.
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