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20:08GovernmentRama offers students a 25,000-lek scholarship and a new Pact as students march for a 16th dayThe prime minister announced a 15,000-lek increase in scholarships for students from needy families and a digital window for dialogue, while protesters kept marching through Tirana demanding his resignation.
20:01GovernmentGovernment: fines of up to 500,000 lek for masked protesters and a register of those investigated for violenceThe Council of Ministers approved normative acts that amend the law on assemblies, create an electronic register of people suspected of violence at protests and compensate damaged businesses.
15:00PartiesBerisha: The claim that PD and PS are the same is the most anti-Albanian, we won't let the student protest be hijackedDemocratic Party leader Sali Berisha told his parliamentary group that comparing the opposition with the government aims to crush citizens' hope, and pledged protection for the student protest.
14:36DiplomacyBalla meets new EU ambassador Sofia Moreira de Sousa: Membership remains a national strategic objectiveSocialist Party parliamentary group leader Taulant Balla discussed the pace of negotiations and Parliament's role in aligning legislation with the new EU ambassador in Tirana.
14:10GovernmentRama on the protests: No one speaks for the people, I will stay in office until the last day of my contractIn a message to citizens, Prime Minister Edi Rama called the protests of recent weeks the aggression of a crowd of urban rioters and said the people speak only through the vote.
12:50DiplomacyOSCE ambassador Tarran: The main problem is the lack of dialogue, violence has no place in democracyMichel Tarran, head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, said in Elbasan that people feel their voice is not heard and expressed regret over the violent incidents in Tirana.