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The Examiner
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 …
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A close reading of the CSDG assessment raises a fundamental analytical question: how much does the report actually demonstrate—and how much does it assume? By Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) The recent report presented in Tirana by the Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance (CSDG) introduces into Albania’s policy debate the concept of an …
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Albania’s new Gender Equality Law formally acknowledges the economic value of unpaid care work and advances gender parity in public decision-making — aligning the country more closely with evolving European policy frameworks while testing the state’s capacity for implementation. by Rexhina Bici (Tirana) Albania has taken a policy step that many European economies only …
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Having reviewed the Democratic Party’s parliamentary report on the Balluku case, Tirana Examiner assesses its constitutional thesis and the proportionality arguments it advances against European rule-of-law standards. By The Tirana Examiner Legal Desk Albania’s Democratic Party (PD) has released a parliamentary recommendation urging the Plenary to authorize SPAK’s request for a stricter precautionary measure …
