00:00Albanian police fired water cannons and tear gas late on Sunday as violent anti-government
00:06protests entered their sixth day and Prime Minister Edi Rama rejected demonstrators'
00:12demands that he resign. The protest started at noon in front of the Education Ministry
00:17with hundreds of demonstrators chanting Rama resign amid a tent standoff with police.
00:24But in a video broadcast lasting more than an hour, Edi Rama ruled out resigning,
00:30stating that the protests are, quote, the work of an outside hand.
00:35The unrest follows months of anti-government protests in the Balkan nation, initially sparked
00:41by controversial resort development in an ecologically protected area linked to US President Donald
00:48Trump's family. However, since last Tuesday, violent demonstrations have rocked Tirana,
00:54the capital, with protesters calling for action over poor university conditions, high tuition fees
01:01and corruption. Authorities say some 272 people have been injured in the clashes. The EU in
01:08a statement has condemned the use of violence, adding the response to it must remain proportionate.
