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Three sentences on page 11 of SPAK’s 2025 statutory report raise a question that Albania’s institutional architecture has not yet had to answer: where does prosecutorial independence end and institutional insulation begin? by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) SPAK’s 2025 Annual Report was submitted to parliament in early 2026 under constitutional obligation. Most of it does …
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The following comparative legal analysis surveys the principal models of parliamentary immunity across European jurisdictions, with reference to the standards established by the Venice Commission, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Court of Justice of the European Union. It is published by the Tirana Examiner Legal Desk as a reference document for readers …
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A Legal Analysis of the SPAK Request Before Albania’s Parliament By The Tirana Examiner Legal Desk Albania’s parliament is scheduled to vote on Thursday on whether to authorize SPAK’s request to arrest former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, who holds a parliamentary mandate. The political noise surrounding that vote has been considerable. The legal …
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When prosecutors can’t find both parties to a crime, they invent a different one. By Ylli Manjani (Tirana) There is another abuse of criminal justice worth examining: the concept of Unlawful Influence, a criminal offence under Article 245 of the Penal Code. To understand the abuse, we first need to agree on what the …
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A criminal investigation explains how the contract was awarded — but not what it did. by Rexhina Bici (Tirana) On March 8, 2026, a ten-year concession contract for the sterilization of surgical instruments in Albania’s public hospitals expired quietly. The same day, from detention, former health minister Ilir Beqaj issued a statement calling it …
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A promise to reverse judicial reform signals either reckless populism or a calculated bet on institutional exhaustion. by Ardit Bido (Tirana) *The author is a Member of the Albanian Parliament (Socialist Party). The Tirana Examiner publishes contributors across the political spectrum; party affiliation is disclosed in the interest of transparency.* Sali Berisha has a …
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The Socialist Party of Albania has lost every court case it has faced. That is not a talking point. It is a prosecutorial record. And it is time the international conversation about Albanian justice caught up with the evidence. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) The Condescension That Travels Well There is a particular kind of …
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Why Albania is right to redraw the boundary between judicial procedure and executive authority An editorial argument | Tirana Examiner Let us be direct about what this piece is. It is an argument in favor of the proposed reform to Article 242 of Albania’s Criminal Procedure Code — the measure that would limit the …
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The Balluku investigation deserves a public debate grounded in evidence — not a battle of insinuations that damages the institutions both sides claim to defend. by Klea Ukaj (Michigan, USA) In recent months, Albania’s political and media landscape has been flooded with speculation surrounding the investigation involving Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku. The discussion has …
