É o segundo dia de protestos de estudantes universitários na capital da Albânia. Os confrontos entre manifestantes e polícia já levaram a pelo menos 20 detenções. O Ministério da Educação incendiado.

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Dozens of people detained after government building and two banks set on fire as tens of thousands march over education costs and corruption

Tens of thousands of students have taken to the streets of Tirana, the Albanian capital, 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 ⁠cannon and teargas to disperse protesters who started a fire at the ministry of education building, overturned bins and smashed the fronts of local businesses. A branch of Raiffeisen Bank near the education ministry also caught fire.

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Student protests in Albania turned violent overnight, with demonstrators smashing shop windows and rioting as police used teargas and water cannons to disperse crowds. Protesters were rallying against a luxury development project linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The protests are part of an anti-government movement known as Flamingo, which is calling for the resignation of the prime minister, Edi Rama, over allegations of widespread corruption

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