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the Newsroom Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ferit Hoxha, said Monday that the country’s EU accession negotiations are proceeding normally and that no member state has blocked or slowed the process, pushing back against reporting that a group of nine EU countries has been holding up progress on a key assessment document. …
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The saga of reflections continues. “At the Iftar Table” is Prime Minister Edi Rama’s latest book, a collection of reflections from iftar dinners held during his time in office. Speaking to Monika Stafa on “Exclusive” on Top Channel, he explains that the book’s publication came in part from his deep love for the Albanian language. …
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Prime Minister Edi Rama used the thirteenth episode of the sixth season of his weekly podcast, Flasim, to address several policy and governance matters: the disinformation environment surrounding Albania’s EU accession negotiations, the forthcoming Double Your Enterprise SME credit programme, the normative act introducing an automatic fuel excise reduction tied to international price thresholds, the …
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In a lengthy online exchange with citizens on Saturday, the Democratic Party leader ranged across the EU accession file, the Balluku immunity vote, fuel prices, local government reform, and the approaching protest. The session functioned as both a political inventory and a mobilisation exercise, with Berisha framing every grievance as a symptom of a single …
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The prime minister spent the first weekend of April moving between a mayoral summit at the Palace of Congresses and a party assembly in Unit 12. The two events together form the clearest signal yet of how Rama intends to frame the run-up to the 2027 local elections. Aurel Cara | Tirana Prime Minister …
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Prime Minister leads forum on accession negotiations as government unveils social contract proposal for youth. by Aurel Cara (Tirana) Prime Minister Edi Rama convened a public forum with students and young people this week to address the progress of Albania’s European Union accession negotiations, presenting what he described not as an aspiration but as …
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by Hajdi Xhixha (Tirana) Read the document before reading the reaction. The US Embassy in Tirana issued a Security Alert on April 1. Its operative sentence: “Groups associated with Iran may seek to target entities associated with the U.S. or Iranian opposition elements in Albania.” May seek. Not will. Not has planned. Not is …
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Bamir Topi’s diagnosis of Albanian politics is damning. The problem is that he helped build what he is describing. Tirana Examiner The insider who names the machinery he once operated carries a different kind of authority than the scholar who studies it from a distance. It is quieter, and more unsettling. Bamir Topi, Albania’s …
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A geographic coincidence is not a chain of authority. But it is enough to build a political claim. by Aurel Cara (Tirana) When Besfort Lamallari presented Skënder Hita’s appointment as Director General of the State Police to parliament, he offered two verifiable claims: that Hita is a career officer, and that the selection process …
