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No vote. No block. No nine countries. Just a claim the process itself does not support. Ardit Rada | Tirana Examiner On April 4, Sali Berisha described a decision that was never taken. Nine European Union member states, he told the press, had blocked Albania’s IBAR report in Brussels. Integration was frozen. Penalties loomed. By …
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In a system built on ambiguity, Braçe remains a rare political fact: named, accountable, and forever incompatible. Ardit Rada | Tirana Examiner Albanian political commentary has developed a reliable reflex when confronted with internal party dissent: it reaches for the most dramatic available frame. In recent days, that frame has been applied to Erion …
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The following column by Preç Zogaj was published in Albanian on 4 April 2026. The Tirana Examiner presents it in translation as a contribution to the ongoing debate on dissent and party discipline within Albanian politics. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not represent the editorial position of this publication. Preç Zogaj …
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The following column by Jakin Marena was published in Albanian on 3 April 2026. The Tirana Examiner presents it in translation as a contribution to the ongoing debate on the Democratic Party’s internal crisis. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not represent the editorial position of this publication. Jakin Marena | Tirana …
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Albania has built the institutional scaffolding the EU requires. What it has not built is the doctrine. Pre-trial detention is the clearest proof of that gap, and it sits at the centre of the country’s accession credibility. Renada Bici | Tirana Examiner Legal Desk Numbers have a particular authority in legal analysis. They resist …
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A major Italian documentary exposed Albania’s criminal networks with precision — then undermined its own case by elevating a politically compromised defendant into expert testimony without disclosure. By Ardit Rada | Tirana Examiner On the evening of April 1, 2026, Italian public television broadcast a documentary about Albania’s organised crime problem. Among the experts …
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The Democratic Party has no founders left, no dissidents, no independent voices. Berisha removed them deliberately. The question now is what survives him. Tirana Examiner Analysis Sali Berisha has now expelled more internal enemies than Enver Hoxha and Stalin produced between them. The observation comes from analyst Kreshnik Spahiu, and it deserves to be …
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Editorial Board | Tirana Examiner There is a version of what is currently happening between Albania and its European partners that the opposition would like Europe to accept. In that version, the Albanian government’s position on the Balluku immunity case is evidence of institutional capture, Prime Minister Rama’s defense of a close associate is …
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How Europe Judges Albania by a Standard It Does Not Apply to Itself By Albatros Rexhaj and Renada Bici On March 5, 2026, the Czech Chamber of Deputies refused to lift the immunity of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on EU subsidy fraud charges, and of Chamber President Tomio Okamura on incitement charges. Both refusals …
