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Albania Tension Score

building record · 49 days on file

Live 0–100 tension reading for Albania, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

27
Calm
7d +1 · 30d +20

Where Albania stands

#50 of 197 countries today, #15 of 49 in Europe (region score 53). Tension is steady this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Albania news pulse

58 headlines in 30 days · newest first
Albanian anti-government protesters hurl firebombs at police; hundreds arrested
Times Israel · 1 November 2026 conflictfinancegeopolitics
55 · High
Fiery confrontations between protestors and police in Albania
Al Jazeera · 1 November 2026 geopolitics
26 · Low
Europe Today: Rare Oleshky truce holds in Ukraine, Albania imposes heavy fines on protesters
Euronews · 30 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
66 · High
Greece arrests three over explosion that killed six people in Athens
Straits Times · 30 October 2026 conflictenergy
44 · Moderate
Albanian opposition storms parliament, sets off flares and smoke bombs
Al Jazeera · 30 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
39 · Moderate
Albania: opposition MPs disrupt parliament with smoke flares
Euronews · 30 October 2026 geopolitics
26 · Low
Albania opposition disrupts parliament session after violent street protests
Hindu Intl · 30 October 2026 finance
26 · Low
Fresh protests in Tirana, despite new measures to curb unrest
Straits Times · 26 October 2026 geopolitics
43 · Moderate
Thousands gather at new Albanian antigovernment rally
Al Jazeera · 25 October 2026 geopolitics
41 · Moderate
Violent clashes as Albanian government cracks down on protests
Al Jazeera · 25 October 2026 geopolitics
39 · Moderate
Police in Albania filmed beating protester unconscious
Al Jazeera · 25 October 2026 geopolitics
36 · Moderate
Albania police use tear gas, rubber bullets as anti-government student protests turn violent
Straits Times · 25 October 2026 energygeopolitics
34 · Low
Albanian police fire tear gas as anti-government student protests turn violent
Hindu Intl · 25 October 2026 energyfinancegeopolitics
34 · Low
Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe
NPR World · 25 October 2026 geopolitics
34 · Low
Albanian opposition and ruling party lawmakers scuffle in parliament over student protest tensions
Euronews · 23 October 2026 geopolitics
40 · Moderate
Albania's student protests are only getting bigger
DW World · 23 October 2026 geopolitics
35 · Moderate
Albanian lawmakers scuffle in parliament as protests continue
Hindu Intl · 23 October 2026 geopolitics
34 · Low
Albania: Parliament descends into chaos as MPs clash over protests
Euronews · 23 October 2026 geopolitics
34 · Low
Politics in 'materialist terms': Gen Z in Albania, Italy, France and India protesting for 'fairness'
France24 · 23 October 2026 geopolitics
29 · Low
Europe's wave of anger: How far will youth-led protests go?
France24 · 22 October 2026 tradegeopolitics
29 · Low
Daily Quiz | On protests around the world
Hindu Intl · 22 October 2026 geopolitics
29 · Low
Fireworks, petrol bombs and water cannon as unrest escalates in Albania
Euronews · 21 October 2026 conflictenergygeopolitics
55 · High
Albanian police clash with anti-government protesters for eighth day
Hindu Intl · 21 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
49 · Moderate
Albanian police clash with anti-government protesters for an 8th day
ABC Intl · 21 October 2026 energygeopolitics
34 · Low
Seventh day of violent clashes between Albanian protesters and police
BBC World · 20 October 2026 geopolitics
40 · Moderate
From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe's streets ablaze
ABC Intl · 20 October 2026 energygeopolitics
35 · Moderate
Albanians set fire to government buildings and clash with riot police in latest protests
Sky World · 20 October 2026 financegeopolitics
26 · Low
Violent protests a threat to EU membership, not government, Albanian PM says
Sky World · 19 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
53 · Moderate
Albanian police clash with protesters in Tirana as unrest enters sixth day
Euronews · 19 October 2026 energygeopolitics
43 · Moderate
Fire engulfs Albania’s Supreme Court as protests enter fifth day
Al Jazeera · 19 October 2026 geopolitics
41 · Moderate

Every story the engine read that names Albania, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Albania’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 52 headlines in 30 days — 0.27% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (3).
  • 54% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 31% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Albania is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Europe reads 53 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Albania) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Albania tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
November 202627.4Calm215
October 202617.6Calm512731
September 20267.0Calm2013

Record for Albania began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Albania score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Europe region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Albania

Is Albania in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Albania is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Albania rising or falling?

Rising: up 1 points in 7 days.

How does Albania compare with the rest of Europe?

Below its region: Albania reads 27 against 53 for Europe, ranking #15 of 49 there.

Keep exploring

Albania and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Adriatic ally. Albania hosts NATO facilities and is the diaspora heart of Kosovo politics. It appears in our corpus through Balkan diplomacy and migration routes.

What our engine watches in Albania

  • Kosovo-related diplomacy
  • Organised-crime and migration cases