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The Examiner
Tirana gave Germany the sharpest sentence of the day. Berlin will file it where it files everything from Albania. Tirana Examiner Editorial Board Edi Rama posted on Tuesday evening, in English only, that a drone carrying explosives into Leipzig/Halle “is not a grey zone.” He called it “a Russian act of aggression against Germany …
The Examiner
The prime minister is entitled to a vision. His ministers are paid to execute it, not to review it. By Ylli Manjani (Tirana) Political platforms baptized “Besa” or “Pasqyra” are, beyond doubt, the newest form of political marketing Edi Rama has chosen for communicating with the public. One may agree or disagree with their …
Daily Briefing
Jorida Tabaku was in Strasbourg when the European Parliament demanded the repeal of Law 21/2024. On 30 August she reached for a forged Rama post instead. Then she learned it was forged. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) On Saturday afternoon, 30 August, Jorida Tabaku, a Democratic Party MP, shared a screenshot on X. It showed …
The Examiner
A candidate for EU membership has promised state honours to a genocide convict. Diplomats who file that under Bosnia should read what Tirana said in July. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) On 28 August, in the square in Pale, people queued to kiss a framed photograph of Ratko Mladić propped against a wall beneath the …
The Examiner
Rama offered them a besa. Albania should give them standing in a court of law. by Keler Marku (Washington, DC) In February 2021, seventy-three Albanian civil-society organizations wrote to the speaker of Parliament and six other parliamentary leaders with a concrete request: sponsor their draft law “On Collective Actions.” Their four-page request came with …
The Examiner
Behgjet Pacolli gives interviews. The ministry he is suing says almost nothing. In arbitration, only one of those becomes evidence. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) On 5 August a letter from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy reached MABCO Constructions SA. It informed the company that the Albanian state had opened the procedure to terminate …
Daily Briefing
The prime minister emerged from the government villa promising a housing program, a plan for food price transparency, and a complaints platform that carries the name of the protest movement against him. He called the protests a real challenge, said governance must improve, and left open the question of changes to his cabinet. The Newsroom …
Daily Briefing
Three boats crossed the Adriatic carrying Gaza to Sazan. The catastrophe they borrowed is real. The emergency they invented is not. the Newsroom (Tirana) On Friday afternoon the port of Vlora received an expedition. It had been announced on Instagram with the solemnity of a rescue mission, carried in advance by ANSA, and framed …
Daily Briefing
Albania’s police found the suspect in five hours. Under Skënder Hita, they have spent the summer arresting police chiefs, suspending officers and stripping security licenses. The Principote case is the next test of that campaign. By Drizan Shala The video from Levan shows a car with foreign plates stopped on the roadside and a …
Hard Talks
The euro has slipped below the number this magazine pressed the Economy Minister on a month ago. As the currency chart becomes the loudest exhibit in Albania’s dirty money argument, we turn the Hard Talks chair on our own economist and ask whether his arithmetic survives 92.4. by Besart Ruka (Tirana) Introduction The screenshot arrived on …
Hard Talks
Recorded in Tirana. Broadcast on Euronews Serbia, 14 July 2026. Editor’s note: This interview was recorded in Tirana days after the NATO summit in Ankara (7 and 8 July 2026) and broadcast on Euronews Serbia’s programme Direktno sa Minjom Miletić. The conversation was conducted in English and aired in Serbian translation; the transcript below is …
Hard Talks
The Economy Minister argues that Albania’s growth rests on tourism, investment and reform, not criminal capital. As the “narco-state” narrative spreads through European politics and media, we ask Delina Ibrahimaj whether the government’s numbers are finally strong enough—and transparent enough—to settle the argument. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) Introduction There is a number in Albania …
Regional
Jasmin Mujanović mapped a region’s contradictions. Read backwards, they form something more dangerous: a method the world has seen before. By Ngadhnjim Brovina (Prishtina) On Friday the political scientist Jasmin Mujanović compressed the diplomacy of three theatres into a single post on X. We reproduce it in full, because its method is accumulation and …
Regional
Bulgaria’s relations with Albania and Kosovo are unusual in the Balkans. They are not burdened by territorial disputes, competing historical claims or a legacy of bilateral conflict. This gives Sofia, Tirana and Pristina political space for cooperation that is rare in the region. by Dimitar Keranov Bulgaria’s relations with Albania and Kosovo are unusual …
Regional
By Ferit Hoxha Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania. There are moments in history when the future of a country is determined by a single document. Such agreements are rare, but their impact is felt for generations. The Ohrid Framework Agreement is one of them. On 13 August 2001, …
