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On May 15, 2026, Democratic Party MP Jorida Tabaku made five statistical claims about procurement and concessions. Three are false. One is misleading. One is incoherent. None of them holds. Bekim Besimi and Renada Bici On May 15, 2026, Democratic Party MP Jorida Tabaku went before the public with a statement on public procurement …
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The Democratic Party’s most fluent transatlantic voice has spent four years presenting herself, in Strasbourg, Brussels, Berlin, and Tirana, as the institutional partner of Albania’s justice reform and the principal opposition critic of government obstruction of SPAK. On May 14, 2026, in a four-paragraph post in Albanian on her X account, she repudiated the position …
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Ambassador Nicholas Abbott told A2 CNN on Wednesday evening that Albania’s opposition believes its role is only to block. The record supports him. Editorial Board Speaking to Andrea Dangllin on A2 CNN’s Off The Record on Wednesday evening, British Ambassador Nicholas Abbott delivered the most direct foreign-government appraisal of Albania’s opposition aired on domestic …
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Ardit Rada On May 10, in a press conference in Tirana, Sali Berisha was given the opportunity to clarify, soften, or institutionally reframe his Europe Day attack on Ambassador Silvio Gonzato. He declined the opportunity in a specific and deliberate way. The construction he chose deserves to be read closely, because it now sits …
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Two formal acts entered the European Union’s institutional record within forty-eight hours of each other. Read together, they raise a question about verification standards, institutional consistency, and the integrity of the enlargement process. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) On May 9, on Europe Day, the European Union’s diplomatic presence in Albania articulated its collective institutional …
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by Renada Bici, Legal Desk On May 7, 2026, a letter signed by David McAllister, in his capacities as Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European People’s Party, was addressed to Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement. The letter relayed an account submitted on April 30 by Jorida …
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Sali Berisha used Europe Day to attack the European Union’s ambassador in Tirana. Brussels responded the same day. The pattern is now legible. Ardit Rada There is a question that has hovered over Albanian politics for the better part of a year, and for some observers for considerably longer. It is not a question …
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The Commission cleared Albania’s IBAR. North Macedonia changed its name. Yet Johann Wadephul’s enlargement vision leaves untouched the architecture that allows member states to convert technical compliance into permanent political suspension. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) Albania finished its homework. North Macedonia gave away its name. The Commission cleared Tirana’s IBAR. Berlin’s foreign minister offered …
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On the International Vocabulary That Misclassifies the Country by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) The international commentary on Albania, in its English-language form, has acquired a vocabulary the country does not deserve. The vocabulary borrows from the conversation about Hungary, from the conversation about Serbia, from the conversation about hybrid regimes and democratic backsliding and captured …
