Internet memes and jokes seem to remain the strongest weapons of Albanians, even when it comes to political revolts. A particular banner displayed during the recent protest has brought back to attention one of the most viral clashes on social media that occurred several years ago between Luiz Ejllit and Prime Minister Edi Rama. Although … Read more
The tour of meetings for the 35th anniversary of the Socialist Party stopped in Fier, where the socialist leader Edi Rama described it as the capital of the socialists. He focused most of his speech on developments in Tirana, on the protesters who had gathered for the tenth day in front of the Prime Minister’s … Read more
The verbal clash between Tirana and Tehran has further escalated, after the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, responded directly to Prime Minister Edi Rama after the latter’s accusations of disinformation and hybrid warfare. In a reaction on Platform X, Baghaei asked Rama to “calm down,” arguing that it was the Albanian prime … Read more
Prime Minister Edi Rama said that they are working with the European Union to amend the Law on Strategic Investments when asked by foreign journalists whether this law is one of the conditions that the union has set for integration. The Prime Minister said that the much-criticized law was never unfair, but added that he … Read more
Journalist Basir Çollaku has stated that the Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) is expected to address the Parliament again with a second request for the lifting of immunity and the arrest of former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku. According to Çollaku, the new request has already been formulated by SPAK and … Read more
Announcement : State Police 7446 suspected narcotic plants of Cannabis Sativa were found cultivated in the village of Reç i Ri, Velipojë Administrative Unit. The General Director of the State Police, Director Madhor Skender Hita, suspends from duty the Chief of the Shkodra Police Commissariat, the Chief of the Velipojë Police Station and the Assistant Policing … Read more
A video posted on Instagram on Sunday evening, where an American tourist filmed himself smiling among protesters on the streets of Tirana, was viewed more than 280,000 times within 12 hours. The young man in the video is Gabriel Bolling, a 22-year-old from Florida, who came to Albania on a planned trip to discover the … Read more
By Alison Durkee, Forbes / Continuing environmental concerns over Jared Kushner’s resort development plans in Albania could derail the Balkan country’s bid to join the European Union, after European Commission officials in Brussels confirmed Tuesday that they have warned the Albanian government that the project could violate EU environmental rules. Kushner and his private equity fund … Read more
Invited to the show “Live From Tirana” with Ronaldo Sharka was the well-known analyst, Arjan Curri. He commented on the protest taking place in Tirana against the Zvërnec project. But not only that, as the analyst also spoke about the position held by the country’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama. Curri has compared the protest to … Read more
‘I’m ashamed to have Albanians’, was the most painful feeling while listening to the Albanian Prime Minister in a live press conference at noon with European journalists who have come in numbers to cover the protests in Albania. Thank goodness the Prime Minister did not speak as an Albanian but as autocrats who have no … Read more