RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY—

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TIRANA, ALBANIA (DEC. 18, 2025) (ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT - RESTRICTED)

1. VARIOUS OF ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT / ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NIKO PELESHI SPEAKING / TENSIONS AT PARLIAMENT / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CARRYING FLARE / WATER BEING THROWN AT PELESHI

2. VARIOUS OF TENSIONS AT PARLIAMENT / PELESHI SPEAKING TIRANA, ALBANIA - DEC. 18, 2025 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— Tensions erupted in Albania’s Parliament on Thursday, Dec. 18, over the reinstatement of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku.

During a parliamentary session convened to discuss various agenda items, lawmakers from the opposition Democratic Party (PD) protested the Constitutional Court’s decision to reinstate Balluku, who had been suspended from office on Nov. 19 over corruption allegations.

Opposition deputies moved into seats reserved for cabinet members, blocked the parliamentary rostrum and attempted to disrupt the session. Scuffles broke out between parliamentary security officers and opposition lawmakers.

Some MPs also lit flares and threw water at Parliament Speaker Niko Peleshi, who later suspended the session due to the unrest.