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Albanian opposition clashes with police in anti-govt protest

Llazar Semini, Associated Press Updated 1:59 pm PDT, Saturday, April 13, 2019

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition parties rallied Saturday in Tirana, calling for the Socialist government to resign and for the country to hold an early parliamentary election. Some protesters tried to storm the parliament building, but police responded with tear gas and water cannon.

Thousands of opposition supporters from around the country showed up at Tirana's main Martyrs of the Nation boulevard holding anti-government posters and slogans, throwing flares, firecrackers and other projectiles at police.
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Protesters broke through the police cordon at the main entrance of the government building, but did not try to open its doors. Police refrained from using tear gas at the government building but used it when demonstrators tried to storm at the parliament building.

Read more at: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Albanian-opposition-clashes-with-police-in-13765348.php

Big protests there too.   So, both there in Serbia and Albania, protesters call for the government to resign. There was no serious unrest (meaning people hurt) from what I understand but the protesters did have their way.