October 15, 2026 4:09 PM
Banks, buildings burn as Albania’s capital Tirana erupts into student violence
Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana on Wednesday, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs and corruption. Police responded with water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters who started a fire at the ministry of education building, overturned garbage cans and smashed the fronts of local businesses, Reuters footage showed. A Raiffeisen Bank branch near the education ministry also cau...