Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama ignores calls to resign amid violent clashes

Student-led protests continued in Albania for a sixth day with continued demands for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign. Despite those calls, Rama is refusing to step down , saying the demonstrations were not a threat to government but rather a threat to Albania's ambition of accession to the European Union. "I ​am not being challenged, the government is not being challenged, a government majority or a winning party in the elections is not being challenged but a path is being challenged, a mission is being challenged," Rama said in a live address on Facebook. "Albanians need to think ​very clearly: Do they want this, do they want that, or do they want the EU?” Rama asked.