{"id":34065,"date":"2022-04-08T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T10:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34065"},"modified":"2022-04-08T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T10:44:34","slug":"pm-rama-presents-vlora-flag-square-project-in-the-wake-of-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-rama-presents-vlora-flag-square-project-in-the-wake-of-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Rama presents Vlora Flag Square project in the wake of protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/cfOTKXPB2d\/\">posted<\/a> <\/strong>on Friday a video on social media showing the project for the new Vlora Flag Square.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the government said that the intent is to bring more green spaces into the city, as well as give make the city\u2019s historical sites stand out even more.<\/p>\n<p>Rama explained that the new square will be a place to host fairs and expositions, and ruled out that the project involves a bus terminal.<video id=\"u_0_0_In\" class=\"_1b-6\" src=\"https:\/\/video.ftia12-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t42.1790-2\/277929513_571671763948855_7174628400914234719_n.mp4?_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=985c63&amp;efg=eyJybHIiOjUzMiwicmxhIjoxMTc3LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InN2ZV9zZCJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=ODo4VPxz9mMAX96rB5w&amp;rl=532&amp;vabr=296&amp;_nc_ht=video.ftia12-1.fna&amp;edm=AGo2L-IEAAAA&amp;oh=00_AT-FU8BJw1FXHwqL9YaQB-7MFRCfcBH-HXdoLvWAbK2qZw&amp;oe=62502E81\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The citizens of Vlora have taken the streets for days in a row to oppose the government\u2019s plan at the square, amid fears that it might damage the city\u2019s cultural and historical heritage.<\/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\/2022\/04\/04\/crowd-in-vlora-protest-against-transformation-of-flag-square\/\">Crowd in Vlora protest against transformation of Flag Square<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><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<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama posted on Friday a video on social media showing the project for the new Vlora Flag Square. 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Rama explained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,1181,1180,841,1097,151,336,342],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Rama presents Vlora Flag Square project in the wake of protests - 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\/pm-rama-presents-vlora-flag-square-project-in-the-wake-of-protests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Rama presents Vlora Flag Square project in the wake of protests - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama posted on Friday a video on social media showing the project for the new Vlora Flag Square. 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