{"id":33890,"date":"2022-04-04T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33890"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:46:55","slug":"crowd-in-vlora-protest-against-transformation-of-flag-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/crowd-in-vlora-protest-against-transformation-of-flag-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd in Vlora protest against transformation of Flag Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd of citizens took the streets on Monday in Vlora to protest against the reconstruction of Flag Square.<\/p>\n<p>The project includes the construction of a platform and relocation of the four cannons which symbolized Albania\u2019s four vilayets.<\/p>\n<p>PM Edi Rama introduced last year in January a project that would see an 11-story hotel partially demolished.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems that the project has been altered. The owners have been compensated, whereas the ownership of the hotel was transferred to the Albanian Development Fund.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33893\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sheshi-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33893\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sheshi-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sheshi-1.webp 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sheshi-1-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sheshi-1-150x91.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Project on the new Flag Square in Vlora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apart from this change, the project is surrounded by ambiguity.<\/p>\n<p>Five citizens were prosecuted for organizing the protest which was initially announced on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>They claim that their arrest comes as an effort to scare them away ahead of another protest planned for April 7.<\/p>\n<p>Shqet\u00ebsimet e ngritur nga protestuesit se n\u00eb shesh do t\u00eb ket\u00eb nj\u00eb terminal autobus\u00ebsh dhe p\u00ebr mos shembjen e hotelit kan\u00eb marr\u00eb p\u00ebrgjigje nga kreu i qeveris\u00eb, Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens are concerned that the square will be transformed into a bus terminal.<\/p>\n<p>PM Edi Rama addressed on Twitter concerns over the demolition of the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>He ruled out the construction of a bus terminal, meanwhile adding that the 11-story building will not be a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Rama is expected to travel to Vlora over the weekend to address these concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Construction work is supposed to finalize before the 110 anniversary of independence and will cost around 9 billion Albanian Lek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/03\/vlora-citizens-protest-against-transformation-of-citys-flag-square\/\">Citizens protest against transformation of Vlora\u2019s Flag Square<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/23\/winner-announced-for-hebrew-museum-project-in-vlora\/\">Winner announced for Hebrew Museum project in Vlora<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/29\/neighborhoods-in-vlora-flooded-as-lack-of-investments-wreaks-havoc-across-the-city\/\">Neighborhoods in Vlora flooded as lack of investments wreaks havoc across the city<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd of citizens took the streets on Monday in Vlora to protest against the reconstruction of Flag Square. 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