# GOP lawmakers urge Rubio to consider visa restrictions on corrupt officials as Albania protests continue

https://mins.news/en/item/119494

- Fox News, 2026-10-28 16:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/gop-lawmakers-urge-rubio-weigh-visa-restrictions-corrupt-officials-albania-rocked-protests

> Two Republican lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concern over democratic backsliding in Albania and urging the State Department to consider visa restrictions on officials implicated in significant corruption, and possibly their immediate families. Nationwide protests are demanding accountability and an end to corruption, with demonstrators in Tirana clashing with police and calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign.

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