{"id":21943,"date":"2021-10-06T17:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=21943"},"modified":"2021-10-06T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:28:33","slug":"protesters-gather-in-front-of-the-prime-ministers-office-over-price-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/protesters-gather-in-front-of-the-prime-ministers-office-over-price-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters gather in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office over price hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens gathered in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office today, to protest against the recently announced price hikes for bread, coffee, electricity, fuel, etc.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the opposition has made several calls to action, to have as many citizens join the rally as possible.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, The US embassy has urged citizens to exercise self-restraint and avoid large gathering due to the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Economy expert, Pano Soko took to the microphone and accused government officials for the population sinking into poverty so that they can be more easily controlled, while they themselves get richer by the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [politicians] don\u2019t know, they have never been to a store before to check out prices. This whole thing is done to keep people poor because this is how they can control them. This is why, we need to come together and face them,\u201d \u2013 said Soko.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, attorney Adriatik Lapaj stated that people should say \u2018No\u2019 to the price hikes. Lapaj said that \u201cthe third generation of emigrants are leaving Albania, so that a small minority can get richer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur problems can only be solved by raising barricades and saying no to the rise of energy prices,\u201d \u2013 said Lapaj.<\/p>\n<p>The protest wrapped up without reports of any incidents as several police officers \u2018protected\u2019 the building by forming a cordon in front of the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/06\/local-economy-to-grow-by-7-2-world-bank-slow-growth-in-the-2-years-that-follow\/\">Local economy to grow by 7.2% in 2021 but slow back down over the next 2 years<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/05\/impacts-of-energy-crisis-janez-kopac-advises-albania-on-whats-to-come\/\">Impacts of energy crisis, Janez Kopac advises Albania on what\u2019s to come<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2021\/10\/04\/what-can-albania-do-about-the-energy-crisis-panel-lays-out-proposals-on-possible-measures\/\">What can Albania do about the energy crisis? 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On the other hand, The US embassy has urged citizens to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protesters gather in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office over price hikes - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/protesters-gather-in-front-of-the-prime-ministers-office-over-price-hikes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protesters gather in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office over price hikes - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Citizens gathered in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office today, to protest against the recently announced price hikes for bread, coffee, electricity, fuel, etc. In addition, the opposition has made several calls to action, to have as many citizens join the rally as possible. 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