Albanian Police and Protesters Clash for Eighth Day Seeking Prime Minister Rama's Resignation
Photo: TruthoutPolice in Tirana fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters on Tuesday, the eighth straight day of violent demonstrations seeking the resignation of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Officials had counted 295 injured, 186 of them police officers, before Monday's violence. Many protesters are students demanding lower tuition and action on corruption; they have thrown rocks, flares and firebombs, and attacked a police station and government buildings. Rama, brandishing a thrown rock, said the state falls if it negotiates, and blamed people radicalised by forces in Europe and the US. The unrest follows months of Flamingo movement rallies against a tourism project linked to a firm founded by Jared Kushner. Protests are also occurring in France and Italy.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; alternative and right-leaning outlets had. The right-leaning New York Post places Albania within Europe-wide protests over fuel costs, schools and housing, and notes the Kushner link. Among alternative outlets, the BBC reports from Tirana, citing Rama's rock and claims, while Truthout's France story stresses police violence at protests of 800,000.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; right sources place Albania in a Europe-wide protest wave, while alternative sources report from Tirana and stress police violence in France.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
The BBC reports from Tirana, featuring Rama's rock and his claims of outside radicalisation. Truthout's headline and excerpt focus on police violence against young protesters in France.
The New York Post leads with the eighth day of clashes in Tirana, set within protests across Europe, and adds the Kushner-linked project and Rama's vow against overthrow by force.