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A record shop in Cannes says something about where the country thinks it is going by the Editors (Tirana) The Albanian Riviera has long attracted visitors who preferred to keep it to themselves. Unspoiled precisely because it lacked the infrastructure that spoils places, the coastline running south from Vlorë toward the Greek border was, …
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Prime Minister Edi Rama used the eleventh episode of the sixth season of his weekly podcast, Flasim, to address a range of policy matters: the government’s escalating response to rising fuel prices, Albania’s performance in the Freedom House and cybersecurity indices, defence spending and military salaries, and economic growth projections through 2030. The broadcast opened …
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Socialist Party Assembly in Durrës installs new leaderships in six regions, launches membership drive and diaspora outreach as PS sets sights on full territorial sweep by the Newsroom (Tirana) The Socialist Party held its National Assembly in Durrës on Saturday, overhauling the party’s regional leadership structure and formally launching preparations for the 2027 local …
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Rama sets the agenda from Durrës: referendums, reformed prefects, and a dare to his critics. by the Newsroom (Tirana) Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the Socialist Party assembly in Durrës on Saturday in what amounted to one of the more programmatically dense internal party speeches he has delivered in recent memory. The setting was …
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Albania gains a clearer role in advancing Kosovo’s EU bid — provided it can convert coordination into sustained diplomacy. the Newsroom (Tirana) Albania has an opportunity to translate political alignment with Kosovo into something more operational. Whether it can do so is now the central question. In a March 19 phone call with Kosovo’s …
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The Democratic Party’s May 23 leadership race is taking shape as a contest over whether the party can renew itself — or whether its rules exist only to protect the incumbent. by Aurel Cara (Tirana) The Democratic Party’s internal leadership race hardened into open confrontation this week, as former MP Ervin Salianji declared his …
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Bardhi, Tabaku, and Balliu met with senior CDU figures and the Foreign Ministry’s Western Balkans director; Këlliçi held separate talks at EPP headquarters in Brussels. by the Newsroom (Tirana) Albania’s EU accession conditions — anti-corruption enforcement, judicial independence, and free and fair elections — were at the centre of a series of meetings held …
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As Brussels takes credit for reversing a policy it struggled to abandon, Tirana presses for the next step. by the Newsroom (Tirana) Albanian Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha on Tuesday welcomed the European Union’s decision to lift all punitive measures against Kosovo, describing the move as long overdue and urging Brussels to advance Kosovo’s application …
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Democratic Party MP Genc Strazimiri accuses the EU and OSCE of responding to Albania’s justice crisis with impotence — and says the opposition’s role is to watch the government collapse under its own weight. The Newsroom (Tirana) During an interview with Flavio Qarri on the morning show Kafe Shqeto on Syri TV, the DP …
