Why the Albanian opposition is disrupting parliament with flares, makeshift barricades and fires

TIRANA, Albania — For months, Albanian opposition parties have used flares and noise to disrupt Parliament, in protest at what they describe as the authoritarian rule of the governing Socialist Party. On Thursday, lawmakers passed the annual budget and other draft laws, despite opposition claims that the left-wing Socialists have blocked the establishment of commissions … Read more

Opposition protesters in Kosovo use flares and tear gas to protest against a war crimes court

Opposition protesters in Kosovo have used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital ByThe Associated Press November 29, 2023, 10:04 AM PRISTINA, Kosovo — Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the … Read more

The Albanian opposition disrupts a Parliament vote on the budget with flares and piled-up chairs

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition lawmakers disrupted the Parliament’s session again on Monday to protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists. Democratic lawmakers lit flares and piled chairs on top of each other in the middle of the hall the minute Prime Minister Edi Rama took his seat to … Read more

Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante chief’s killing

APATZINGAN, Mexico — The drug cartel violence that citizen self-defense chief Hipolito Mora gave his life preventing flared anew on Sunday, simply sooner or later after he was buried, as shootings and highway blockades hit the town of Apatzingan, a regional hub in Mexico’s scorching lands. Roads out and in of Apatzingan have been blocked … Read more