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The moment Berisha speaks without filter is the moment his own apparatus intervenes. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) “I emphasized this moment, because if we, in a peaceful armed insurrection, do not show this regime its place, do not bring it down, then not only the port, but Albania itself will be in the greatest …
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Tirana Examiner Briefing The Special Parliamentary Commission for Administrative-Territorial Reform took its consultation circuit to Gjirokastër on 24 April. Co-chairs Arbjan Mazniku (PS) and Luçiano Boçi (PD) led the session. The Greek minority’s senior parliamentary voice, Vangjel Dule, head of the Unity for Human Rights Party (PBDNJ) and a Gjirokastër native, used the home …
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The Newsroom The plenary that convened in Tirana on Thursday ran for the better part of a day before it produced its defining image: a Democratic Party deputy gripping the rostrum past the point of return, a parliamentary speaker counting out disciplinary measures, and an opposition walking out of the chamber as two substantive pieces …
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Newsroom | Tirana Examiner The interviewer was Alexis Papahelas, editor-in-chief of Kathimerini, Greece’s newspaper of record and the publication most reliably read across European chancelleries for signal from Athens. The venue was the Delphi Economic Forum, the annual gathering where Greek political, diplomatic, and business figures meet European and American counterparts in settings designed …
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The Newsroom Edi Rama arrived at Megaro Maximos on Wednesday in white sneakers, apologized for them, and was told he was creative. The exchange, captured for the Greek press pool, is the image that will circulate. The substance underneath it is that two prime ministers have publicly committed themselves, on their own timeline, to converting …
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In a joint appearance with the EU Ambassador, the Prime Minister described food safety as the hardest chapter of accession and confirmed that Tirana is negotiating a possible post-membership extension, with five years raised as the working figure. The Newsroom The room in Tirana on Tuesday was not staged for reassurance. Prime Minister Edi …
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The Albanian prime minister says other European states have shown interest in the migrant center model, but insists the agreement remains a one-off concession to Italy Anna La Rosa (il Giornale) Republished and translated by Tirana Examiner Entering Edi Rama’s office feels like a scene change. After undergoing extremely strict security checks—leaving behind your …
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The Newsroom (Tirana) Ervin Salianji, the former Democratic Party MP who intends to run for the party’s chairmanship, used a meeting with local members in Kukës on Sunday to deliver his sharpest public challenge yet to the man who has led Albania’s main opposition force for most of its existence. Speaking ahead of internal …
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Responding to Vučić’s remarks, Albania’s Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha told Top Channel journalist Muhamed Veliu that “Albania will not become part of rhetoric that fuels tensions, but will continue to act as a factor of stability, with prudence and in full coordination with its allies.” The Newsroom Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, following a meeting …
