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Tirana protests
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- BusinessRama: State to cover 70% to 100% of damage for small businesses hit during protestsThe anti-violence package the prime minister presented on Sunday provides immediate compensation for businesses with annual turnover of up to 140,000 euros, while shifting the financial burden onto those who caused the damage.
- Police13th protest ends with Molotov cocktails in Skanderbeg Square: Parliament windows smashed, businesses hitAfter about six hours of protest from the Ministry of Education to the Prime Minister's Office and Skanderbeg Square, police dispersed the crowd with water cannon and tear gas; four injured people went to hospital.
- Crime & CourtsErjon Vishkulli, injured in the eye at a protest, more stable in Italy; Rama: The state covered the costsThe brother of the 28-year-old from Elbasan told Klan News that doctors are positive about the recovery of his eye and that a second operation is expected on Oct. 26.
- PartiesBerisha: PD fully backs the student revolt, citizens should not recognize Rama's measuresThe PD leader called Saturday's protest a victory for the students and urged citizens to rise up “tooth for tooth” against the prime minister.
- GovernmentRama blames PD for Saturday's violence: Its headquarters became a supply point for explosives, mercenaries came even from SpainThe prime minister said resignation cannot be imposed through violence, that he is ready to hear his opponents face to face and that citizens' demands will be answered with the 2027 budget.
- PartiesBardhi on Rama's package: Unconstitutional in every letter, aimed at stopping student protestsGazment Bardhi, head of the PD parliamentary group, called the package against urban violence an attempt to silence, jail and fine protesters.
- GovernmentRama unveils package against urban violence: fines of up to 500,000 lek even for those who stay in the crowdPrime Minister Edi Rama announced six legal instruments after Saturday's violent protest, ranging from compensation for businesses to an electronic register of offenders and changes to the Penal Code.
- PolicePolice after the Oct. 24 protest: 23 arrested, 13 facing charges and 30 wantedThe State Police say protesters attacked officers with stones, screws, metal balls, Molotov cocktails and gas canisters fitted with detonators; five police officers were injured.
- BusinessTirana businesses targeted again: Windows smashed at a bank and a mobile phone store, kiosk burnedDuring the 12th protest in the capital, protesters damaged the ATM and windows of a bank on Kavaja Street, the storefront of a mobile operator’s shop on “Vasil Shanto” Street and set fire to a kiosk near the Bank of Albania.
- North MacedoniaTighter checks at Qafë-Thanë for Albanians from North Macedonia on day of Tirana’s national protestAccording to police sources, officers are searching vehicles closely for banned items and for groups that may join the protest in the capital.
