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- Riot police in Tirana fired tear gas and water cannons at student demonstrators.
- At least 23 protesters were arrested and six officers and a female journalist were injured.
- Demonstrators threw bricks, concrete blocks, Molotov cocktails and firecrackers at the Education Ministry demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation.
- The protests, ongoing since May, were sparked by a luxury tourism project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s family.