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In a small capital, senior politicians cannot afford the luxury of consequence-free speculation. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) Gazmend Bardhi told a national television audience on the evening of March 12 that he had verified the reasons for Kimberly Guilfoyle’s visit to Tirana. “Kam verifikuar arsyet e vizitës,” he said. Not suggested. Not heard. Verified. …
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Albania has a pretrial detention problem. A Socialist MP saying so is only useful if he says it without flinching. 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. The …
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Tirana Examiner — Legal Desk The March 10 report published by Kasowitz LLP — retained international counsel for Erion Veliaj, the detained Mayor of Tirana — raises issues that warrant serious legal examination independent of the advocacy context in which they were produced. Kasowitz is defense counsel; its report is an advocacy document, not a …
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GJKKO and the Legal Question It Has Declined to Answer Legal Desk | Tirana Examiner A court has someone suspended from a job she no longer holds. Two judicial panels have now declined to explain what that means. The question is whether this reflects a legal principle — or an institutional instinct the court …
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This editorial examines a statement issued by the European Federation of Journalists that has circulated internationally as evidence of a press-freedom violation in Albania, in light of the full video record of the exchange now publicly available. the Editorial Board (Tirana) The international criticism directed today at Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, originates …
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While other Balkan aspirants are disciplined by the rules of accession, Serbia has learned something more valuable: that the EU now needs Belgrade more than Belgrade needs the EU. by Elmi Berisha (New York) On the evening of March 12, Aleksandar Vučić sat before the cameras of Serbia’s state broadcaster and described, in some detail, …
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Prague shields a prime minister from prosecution and hears nothing from Brussels. Tirana refuses a detention request and fails a test. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) Seven days before the Albanian parliament voted on the arrest authorization of former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, the Czech parliament voted to shield its serving prime minister from …
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On the constitutional merits, the Prime Minister was right. On everything else, he was Rama. The Tirana Examiner Editorial Board Edi Rama was right today. He was also, in the same post, exactly the problem. The Prime Minister’s response to the British and German embassy statements deserves to be read carefully — not dismissed …
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A pending Supreme Court decision could determine whether pre-trial detention remains an exceptional safeguard — or continues to function as a default investigative tool. By Ylli Manjani (Tirana) Albania’s Supreme Court has launched a process that deserves careful attention. Its initiative to review judicial practice on pre-trial detention — particularly the frequent use of …
