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The Minister of Internal Affairs, Besfort Lamallari, today introduced the new acting director of the General Directorate of Fire Protection and Rescue, Ervis Gjoshi, who will exercise the duty of acting director of this institution. “With an 18-year career in the State Police, with extensive experience in leading security structures, as Deputy Director for Order … Read more

During August, I don’t conduct political polls, because there is no demand for them. But usually in August, I go back to the polls I conducted during the previous season, to make a statistical summary of them. This August, I made such a summary as well. Analyzing all the polls of the last 12 months, … Read more

For a year now, average apartment sales prices in Tirana have remained above the level of 2 thousand euros/m². Since the second quarter of 2025, average apartment prices have reached around 2,100 euros/m², remaining at these levels in the second quarter of 2026. Specifically, according to the latest data published by the Keydata Albania index … Read more

The police operation codenamed “End of the Escape” is being finalized, to capture a highly wanted and socially dangerous person. The operation was carried out by the RENEA Special Forces, the Directorate of the Special Operational Force, the operational structures of the Tirana DVP and the Krujë Police Commissariat. During the operation, in Kruja, the … Read more

Italian authorities are investigating another suspicious episode near the Parma prison, after the discovery of means that could have been prepared to enable the escape of people serving sentences in this institution. The discovery was made on the morning of August 9th on the outer perimeter of the prison, in the part that extends towards … Read more

A sensational robbery has shocked the art world in Italy. Four precious works by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from the regional museum of Messina, Sicily, worth an estimated 70-80 million euros. Among the missing works are three of the five surviving panels of the “Polyptych of San Gregorio”, made in 1473, … Read more

One of the protesters who addressed the citizens from the protest square requested the intervention of the US State Department against Albanian politicians, focusing particularly on Prime Minister Edi Rama and the head of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, Taulant Balla. The protester accused them of misgovernment and stated that the politicians responsible should face … Read more

A serious incident occurred in the city of Vlora in the early hours of the morning, where the “Brooklyn” hotel on Lungomare was engulfed in flames. The incident occurred around 04:00, as the flames initially started in a bar on the first floor of the building, and then quickly spread to the second floor, where … Read more

A surrogate mother who refused to perform an abortion despite the demands of her biological parents has won her first legal battle just weeks before her due date. McKenna West, a nurse from Alaska, is due to give birth to a baby boy named Gabriel on September 2. However, during the pregnancy, the fetus was … Read more

The Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia begins this week the hearing of the appeal of Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her three relatives with poisonous mushrooms. The 51-year-old is not expected to be physically in the courtroom, but will follow the proceedings via video link from prison. Last year, … Read more