地拉那10月17日电 —— 去年，当阿尔巴尼亚总理埃迪·拉马亲自挑选玛尔贾娜·科采库参加阿尔巴尼亚议会竞选时，她的生活发生了改变。她是他所希望成为其社会党门面的大批年轻议员之一。
TIRANA, Oct 17 - Marjana Koceku's life changed last year when Prime Minister Edi Rama hand-picked her to run for Albania's parliament, one of a legion of young lawmakers he hoped would become the face of his Socialist Party.
然而本周，现年25岁、已成为独立议员的科采库加入了大规模的学生抗议活动，呼吁拉马下台。
This week, however, the 25-year-old, now an independent member of parliament, joined mass student protests calling for Rama to step down.
腐败、缺乏就业机会，以及政府不为民众服务的普遍失落感，引发了根深蒂固的愤怒。本周这种愤怒彻底爆发，年轻抗议者涌入首都地拉那，纵火焚烧政府大楼和银行，并向警察投掷路面石块。
Corruption, a lack of jobs and a general feeling that the government does not work for them have created a deep-seated anger that spilled over this week, when young protesters swarmed the capital Tirana, setting fire to government buildings and banks and hurling pavement stones at police.
政府和警方谴责了暴力行为。警方数据显示，已有500名抗议者被扣留，其中330人已被释放。数据显示，约有120名警察和45名抗议者受伤，不过抗议者的实际受伤人数可能更高，因为许多伤情并未记录在案。
The government and the police have condemned the violence. According to police figures, 500 protestors have been detained, 330 of whom have been released. Some 120 police and 45 protesters have been injured, the figures show, although the protester figure is likely higher given that many injuries have gone unrecorded.
阿尔巴尼亚的动乱是欧洲学生激进主义浪潮的一部分，其中包括法国，当地的高中生已经进行了数周的抗议和学校封锁，要求增加教师并改善设施。
Albania's unrest is part of a wave of student activism in Europe, including in France, where high school students have staged weeks of protests and school blockades demanding more teachers and better facilities.
青年抗议活动威胁拉马统治 科采库周五在抗议活动中表示：“这个国家令人惊叹，但是……这个政治精英阶层实施的错误政策，完全违背了阿尔巴尼亚各社群和阿尔巴尼亚公民长期以来一直要求和寻求的东西。”当时，警察正在附近向抗议者发射催泪瓦斯和水炮。
YOUTH PROTESTS THREATEN RAMA'S RULE "The country is amazing, but ... the wrong policies that have been implemented by this political elite are completely against what the Albanian communities and Albanian citizens have been asking and seeking for so long," Koceku said during the protests on Friday as police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters nearby.
拉马曾是一名篮球运动员，自2013年起掌权，时长相当于科采库人生的一半。他在去年的选举中赢得了第四任期，但此后其政府一直受到腐败丑闻的困扰。拉马否认存在不当行为，并于本周对路透社表示，他不会辞职。
Rama, a former basketball player, has been in power since 2013, half Koceku's life. He won a fourth term in elections last year but his administration has since been dogged by corruption scandals. Rama denies wrongdoing and this week told Reuters that he would not step down.
他说：“政府是通过民主选举更迭的，我们在去年已经举行过选举，而不是通过暴力。”尽管如此，这些抗议活动仍然构成了对他统治迄今最大的威胁。
"Governments are changed through democratic elections and we had them last year, not through violence," he said. Still, the protests represent the biggest threat to his rule yet.
在此之前，由于计划在阿尔巴尼亚未受破坏南部海岸线上建造一座豪华度假村，引发了长达数月的绝大多数为和平的示威活动。该项目的支持者包括美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的女婿贾德·库什纳，该项目面临着法律挑战。
They follow months of mostly peaceful demonstrations sparked by plans to build a luxury resort on Albania's pristine southern coastline. The project, whose backers include US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has faced legal challenges.
村民们7月对路透社表示，他们的土地被违规出售用于开发。路透社随后报道称，出售土地的那名男子因涉嫌贩毒而被检察官通缉，其律师对此指控予以否认。
Villagers told Reuters in July that their land was wrongfully sold for the development. Reuters later reported that the man who sold the land was wanted by prosecutors on suspicion of drug trafficking, accusations his lawyer denied.
路透社没有发现库什纳存在不当行为的证据，他并未直接参与村民的纠纷。他没有回应置评请求。
Reuters found no evidence of wrongdoing by Kushner, who is not directly involved in the villagers' dispute. He did not respond to requests for comment.
这并非拉马政府面临的唯一争议。去年，检察官指控其副总理参与向青睐的公司发放建筑合同，拉马和该副总理对此指控予以否认。
That was not the only controversy for Rama's government. Last year, prosecutors alleged that his deputy prime minister was involved in doling out construction contracts to favoured companies, charges Rama and the deputy deny.
科采库说：“我不同意，特别是他们正在实施的针对自然、我们的土地以及我们的阿尔巴尼亚的政策。”
"I didn't agree, especially with the policies that they were implementing against nature, and our land and our Albania," Koceku said.
本周，抗议者表示，他们诉诸暴力是因为他们觉得自己的声音没有被听到。
This week, protesters said they had resorted to violence because they had not felt heard.
库什纳支持的项目惹恼了科采库，她与这片土地有着紧密的联系。她来自阿尔巴尼亚北部偏远山区，她的家人在那里的一处湖畔经营着一家简朴的小型民宿。
The Kushner-backed project upset Koceku, who has a close relationship with the land. She is from the remote mountains of northern Albania where her family runs a small, no-frills guest house on the shore of a lake.
周围弥漫着刺鼻的催泪瓦斯，她说道：“我们的国家是阿尔巴尼亚人民。他们创造未来，他们创造现在，他们才是能够推动我们国家前进的人。不是某一个人，也不是某一个政府。” 路透社
"Our country is the Albanian people," she said, the air around her thick with acrid tear gas. "They create the future, they create the now, and they are the ones who can bring our country forward. Not a single person, not a single government." REUTERS