College of Europe looted and torched during Albanian student protests

TIRANA — The College of Europe’s Tirana office was one of the latest casualties of escalating student protests that have gripped the Albanian capital. The office for the school, which serves as a training ground for future EU civil servants, was broken into, looted and set on fire on Wednesday evening. “Until yesterday, this was the office of the College of Europe,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an Instagram video delivered from the burned-out shell of the office. Rama’s own workplace is a stone’s throw from the Pyramid complex housing the College of Europe. Rama said he did not believe the damage was down to the students. “Students are the future, they are the ones who look ahead, who want to go further and faster,” he said.