Anti-government demonstrations in Albania continued for a seventh consecutive day as Prime Minister Edi Rama renewed his offer of unconditional dialogue with protesters amid violent clashes with police in the capital, Tirana, local media reported.

Riot squads deployed tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds near Rinia Park, and confrontations escalated as demonstrators hurled stones, pyrotechnics and Molotov cocktails at officers stationed near the Interior Ministry.