Albanian opposition disrupts parliament vote on budget

Albanian opposition disrupts parliament vote on budget
A fire broke out in parliament in Tirana (AP)

Albanian opposition legislators have disrupted a parliamentary session again in a protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists.

Democratic figures lit flares and piled chairs on top of each other in the middle of the hall the minute Prime Minister Edi Rama took his seat to vote on next year’s budget.

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