Smoke bombs and flares explode in Albania's parliament as the Edi Ramas regime faces nationwide outrage The political noose is tightening around Albania's prime minister. Opposition lawmakers simply lit up the floor of parliament to protest his handling of the deadly unrest in Tirana. MPs threw smoke bombs and flares, accusing Rama of downplaying the anti-government protests. They gathered on the floor and held photographs of protesters injured by the regime's police forces. substack | talk.