BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent - Albania

[The Idler]

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent (http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fooc/) covered recent history of Albania. Mark Lowen joins protestors on the streets of the Albanian capital, Tirana. The Listen again is here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjlq). Albania section starts from 12:08. It covers the socialist hunger strike following the disputed election.

[Red Commissar]

I wasn't aware of an issue in Albania as of light. I guess with the attention on the large mess in Greece things have been brushed over. If what the correspondent is saying
though, it seems these are considerable demonstrations.

The "socialist-led opposition", despite the name of the party "Socialist Party of Albania" is social democratic.

BBC has two videos of them,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8655695.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8655575.stm

As the correspondent says a sea of socialist... pink :crying:

Also would this be better suited in the politics forum?