Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has doubled down on claims that cyberattacks by Iran are responsible for the spread of disinformation as protests demanding he resign continue.
"Your regime can hack networks, imprison critics, censor voices, threaten opponents, bully neighbours and manufacture endless excuses for its failures. But it cannot escape reality forever," Rama wrote in a social media post, accusing Tehran Tehran of making threats and using propaganda to justify its actions.
A protest movement that began in opposition to a planned tourism development in the Pishe Poro area and Sazan island entered its tenth consecutive day on Wednesday, culminating in what organisers described as a nationwide demonstration.
Protest leaders called on Albanians across the country and abroad to join the latest rally, which was deliberately scheduled to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the League of Prizren, a 19th-century event widely regarded as a symbol of Albanian national unity.
The protesters gathered at Skënderbej Square in the capital Tirana, to march towards parliament and were chanting "Rama in prison, Berisha in prison", referring to Sali Berisha the former prime minister and now chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania.
