Key facts
- Approximately 200 protesters tore down fences at a luxury development site on Albania's Adriatic coast.
- The protesters are demonstrating against construction in environmentally sensitive areas.
- Villagers from Rrjoll claim the project is being built on their confiscated land and are demanding compensation.
- The protests are part of a broader anger against coastal construction projects in Albania.
- Some scuffles with police broke out, but the police did not intervene to stop the removal of fencing.
Around 200 protesters tore down metal and razor wire fences surrounding a luxury development site on Albania’s Adriatic coast, signaling growing anger against construction in environmentally sensitive areas. The villagers of Rrjoll, located in northwestern Albania, claim the project is being built on their confiscated land and are demanding compensation. They waved Albanian national flags and shouted “Revolution” as they removed the fencing.