Protest in Albania against work on luxury development linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
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Even with my very bad command of Albanian, I can tell this guy is a helluva orator. The translation app seems to confirm that. Not only is his cadence good, but he is very good at crafting a call to the people that is more than just impromptu and heartfelt (although those are not bad things).
He calls out the corruption of governments by both major parties over the last 36 years, the cowardice of the Parliament, but he also describes and acknowledges all the different kinds of Albanians who have shown up to protest in this grassroots protest. And calls on people to understand but also persuade those who are not there as some may be burdened with work or fear being fired, etc.
He's really good and this is the 2nd day I've seen him speak.
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Albanians of all walks of life (except the rich) out on the streets for the 47th day, parent pushing a stroller right out in the vanguard... families, pensioners, disabled people using mobility aids, students, deliveristas...
To be getting this many people out on the street EVERY NIGHT and sometimes also in the day is an amazing testament to this grassroots movement.
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Albanians of all walks of life (except the rich) out on the streets for the 47th day, parent pushing a stroller right out in the vanguard... families, pensioners, disabled people using mobility aids, students, deliveristas...
To be getting this many people out on the street EVERY NIGHT and sometimes also in the day is an amazing testament to this grassroots movement.
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
What Do the Protests Achieve? | Learn Albanian with Reddit Post Translation
Post from a month ago, but translates something that Albanians are posting online about what the protest is about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqGzeXcjAo
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #Language
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What Do the Protests Achieve? | Learn Albanian with Reddit Post Translation
Post from a month ago, but translates something that Albanians are posting online about what the protest is about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqGzeXcjAo
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #Language
Albanian and EU scientists and environmentalists were raising alarm bells about the development in Albania for years before an event in May catalyzed the #FlamingoRevolution
One of those Albanian scientists has published a new paper: "On Spring Biodiversity And Natureconservation In The Vjosa Basin, Albania" which speaks of the results of the now-annual Science Week documenting the biodiversity of the Vjosa River Basin.
DOI: 10.70827/WYQC5783.2026.39.5
https://jns.edu.al/on-spring-biodiversity-and-natureconservation-in-the-vjosa-basin-albania/
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Environment #Science #Ecology #Biodiversity
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Albanian and EU scientists and environmentalists were raising alarm bells about the development in Albania for years before an event in May catalyzed the #FlamingoRevolution
One of those Albanian scientists has published a new paper: "On Spring Biodiversity And Natureconservation In The Vjosa Basin, Albania" which speaks of the results of the now-annual Science Week documenting the biodiversity of the Vjosa River Basin.
DOI: 10.70827/WYQC5783.2026.39.5
https://jns.edu.al/on-spring-biodiversity-and-natureconservation-in-the-vjosa-basin-albania/
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Environment #Science #Ecology #Biodiversity
Day 48 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTwfQsb2l_o
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Day 48 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTwfQsb2l_o
#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Day 49 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania, live as I post it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gUm8Gxvc4 #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Albanian and EU scientists and environmentalists were raising alarm bells about the development in Albania for years before an event in May catalyzed the #FlamingoRevolution
One of those Albanian scientists has published a new paper: "On Spring Biodiversity And Natureconservation In The Vjosa Basin, Albania" which speaks of the results of the now-annual Science Week documenting the biodiversity of the Vjosa River Basin.
DOI: 10.70827/WYQC5783.2026.39.5
https://jns.edu.al/on-spring-biodiversity-and-natureconservation-in-the-vjosa-basin-albania/
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Environment #Science #Ecology #Biodiversity
Traducción: Científicos y ecologistas albaneses y UE llevan años dando la voz de alarma sobre el desarrollo en #Albania antes de que un suceso ocurrido en mayo catalizara la #FlamingoRevolution
Un científico albanés publica nuevo artículo: «Sobre la #biodiversidad primaveral y la conservación de la naturaleza en la cuenca del Vjosa, Albania», que recoge los resultados de la #Semanadela Ciencia, en la que se documenta la biodiversidad de la cuenca del río Vjosa
DOI: 10.70827/WYQC5783.2026.39.5 -
Traducción: Científicos y ecologistas albaneses y UE llevan años dando la voz de alarma sobre el desarrollo en #Albania antes de que un suceso ocurrido en mayo catalizara la #FlamingoRevolution
Un científico albanés publica nuevo artículo: «Sobre la #biodiversidad primaveral y la conservación de la naturaleza en la cuenca del Vjosa, Albania», que recoge los resultados de la #Semanadela Ciencia, en la que se documenta la biodiversidad de la cuenca del río Vjosa
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Day 49 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania, live as I post it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gUm8Gxvc4 #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Day 50 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania
You have to admire how Albanians have gotten out on the streets in their hundreds and sometimes in the thousands for 50 days straight now. I've never witnessed anything that coalesced like this each day that lasted as long (that is, it's not an encampment or sit-in).
Looks like a light turnout tonight, but that's normal after a big weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxpV1PiNfE
Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Day 50 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania
You have to admire how Albanians have gotten out on the streets in their hundreds and sometimes in the thousands for 50 days straight now. I've never witnessed anything that coalesced like this each day that lasted as long (that is, it's not an encampment or sit-in).
Looks like a light turnout tonight, but that's normal after a big weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxpV1PiNfE
Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
@meganL so it's just their daily routine now? Wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, go protest?
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Day 50 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania
You have to admire how Albanians have gotten out on the streets in their hundreds and sometimes in the thousands for 50 days straight now. I've never witnessed anything that coalesced like this each day that lasted as long (that is, it's not an encampment or sit-in).
Looks like a light turnout tonight, but that's normal after a big weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxpV1PiNfE
Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Inside Albania’s biggest protests EVER: Why Gen Z is taking to the streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqZNsShQnCk ##Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
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@Selvari21106 This looks like it's a good recent report. The guy they're talking to is a very impressive orator (even though I don't understand much Albanian). It shows more behind the scenes stuff. (He has a good job by Albanian standards. The crowd is diverse in age and circumstances so remember not everyone is the same demographically...)
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Inside Albania’s biggest protests EVER: Why Gen Z is taking to the streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqZNsShQnCk ##Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
Day 51 of anti-corruption protest in Albania
51 ditë revoltë! Shqiptarët nuk ndalin rezistencën, kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Edi Ramës: Shqipëri e re!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHg66UvN_oI #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
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Day 51 of anti-corruption protest in Albania
51 ditë revoltë! Shqiptarët nuk ndalin rezistencën, kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Edi Ramës: Shqipëri e re!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHg66UvN_oI #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
Day 52 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQ2MH6Ya-k #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
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Day 52 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQ2MH6Ya-k #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #USpol
Day 53 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania
Revolta në ditën e 53-të kundër qeverisë/ Shqiptarët kërkojnë dorëheqjen e panegociueshme të Ramës
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUwMcwn3DaE #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Day 53 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania
Revolta në ditën e 53-të kundër qeverisë/ Shqiptarët kërkojnë dorëheqjen e panegociueshme të Ramës
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUwMcwn3DaE #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Day 54 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like police have ramped up their response again.
Protests mostly have been happening in the evenings, but there have been day events when protestors have had to support protestors cops brutalized and snatched away, and also when there are particular Parliamentary events where the protestors want to confront MPs with their corruption.
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Day 54 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania
I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like police have ramped up their response again.
Protests mostly have been happening in the evenings, but there have been day events when protestors have had to support protestors cops brutalized and snatched away, and also when there are particular Parliamentary events where the protestors want to confront MPs with their corruption.
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
Machine translation: "Elderly woman tries to block the road, police drag her away. Here's what happens at the protest in front of the Parliament
Jul 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
A moment of tension was recorded during the protest in front of the Parliament, where an elderly woman tried to block the Elbasan road, while she was faced with the intervention of police forces. According to footage from the scene, the officers intervened to remove the woman from the blocked area, dragging her on the asphalt. While earlier"https://www.balkanweb.com/live-e-moshuara-tenton-te-bllokoje-rrugen-policia-e-terheq-zvarre-ja-cfare-ndodh-ne-protesten-para-kuvendit/#gsc.tab=0
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Machine translation: "Elderly woman tries to block the road, police drag her away. Here's what happens at the protest in front of the Parliament
Jul 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
A moment of tension was recorded during the protest in front of the Parliament, where an elderly woman tried to block the Elbasan road, while she was faced with the intervention of police forces. According to footage from the scene, the officers intervened to remove the woman from the blocked area, dragging her on the asphalt. While earlier"https://www.balkanweb.com/live-e-moshuara-tenton-te-bllokoje-rrugen-policia-e-terheq-zvarre-ja-cfare-ndodh-ne-protesten-para-kuvendit/#gsc.tab=0
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #EnvironmentMachine translation of headline: Protesters tried to cross the fence, pepper spray and tear gas were used on citizens, they responded with eggs
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
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Machine translation of headline: Protesters tried to cross the fence, pepper spray and tear gas were used on citizens, they responded with eggs
#Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
July 16, 2026 “The Command and Control Center, inaugurated today, lies at the heart of a new philosophy and approach adopted by the Albanian government toward public safety. The ‘Smart City’ program is not merely a camera project. Anyone who sees it that way is either deliberately downplaying it or has not yet understood its true scope,” Lamallari said.
The minister explained that the system is built on three integrated components: information sources distributed across the country, a centralized command and control platform, and artificial intelligence that analyzes incoming data in real time."
#Corruption #Surveillance #Albania #FlamingoRevolution https://euronews.al/en/rama-and-lamallari-present-smart-city-command-and-control-center-system-detects-threats-in-real-time/ -
July 16, 2026 “The Command and Control Center, inaugurated today, lies at the heart of a new philosophy and approach adopted by the Albanian government toward public safety. The ‘Smart City’ program is not merely a camera project. Anyone who sees it that way is either deliberately downplaying it or has not yet understood its true scope,” Lamallari said.
The minister explained that the system is built on three integrated components: information sources distributed across the country, a centralized command and control platform, and artificial intelligence that analyzes incoming data in real time."
#Corruption #Surveillance #Albania #FlamingoRevolution https://euronews.al/en/rama-and-lamallari-present-smart-city-command-and-control-center-system-detects-threats-in-real-time/It must be said that while the #FlamingoRevolution is a big tent movement, most of its real movers & shakers are....students and student age.
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It must be said that while the #FlamingoRevolution is a big tent movement, most of its real movers & shakers are....students and student age.
Machine translation of headline: "Barbaric violence against citizens during the protest, protesters throw eggs and police use tear gas"
Surprisingly, this network calls out that the cops were prepared to be violent and that plainclothes cops were planted in the crowd, but crossed over once their buddies started shit.
They say the cops were also trying to keep the media from getting outside of the corral and filming what was happening to protestors.
They targeted press.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUNDENanAdk #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment
