Politics
Could Albania be the next Balkan country to oust its leader after Serbia?
ACLED · 3 hours ago · Read the Full Story on ACLED
AI SUMMARY
Albania is experiencing its longest-running protest wave since 2018, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama following similar anti-government movements in the Balkans.
- Albania is experiencing its longest-running protest streak since ACLED began monitoring the country in 2018.
- Demonstrators are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who marked 13 years in office in September.
- Albania's next election is scheduled for 2029.
- Serbia recently experienced a snap election that ended Aleksandar Vučić's grip on power after two years of student protests.
- Protests in Albania began in May as opposition to a luxury resort planned by a firm founded by Jared Kushner in a protected coastal habitat.
- Students joined the protests in October, leading to repeated clashes between demonstrators and police.
- ACLED has recorded over 200 demonstration events in Albania since the end of May, nearly twice as many as in the whole of 2025.
- Albania's protest movement has no single leader and has distanced itself from both the ruling party and the established opposition.
- Serbia's protest movement helped push voter turnout in last month's election to almost 70%, the highest since Slobodan Milošević was toppled in 2000.
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