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EU Expansion on the Agenda at Western Balkans Summit

Western Balkan leaders and EU institutions leaders will meet in Brussels today to hold the Western Balkans Summit. In attendance will be Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and representatives from Serbia, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The summit will be chaired by European Parliament President David Sassoli and the...

By Exit Staff 1 hr ago

Italian Police Report 1,200% Increase in Cannabis Cultivation in Albania

Italian public broadcaster RAI3 reported that cultivation of cannabis in Albania during the last year has increased by 1,200 percent. RAI3 journalists referred to a recent still unpublished Italian Police report they were provided...

By Exit Staff 2 hrs ago

Bjarke Ingels Criticised for Designing for Despots

Bjarke Ingels, the architect behind the redesign of Tirana’s new National Theatre has been called out for securing his “latest big commission from another unsavoury despot” by Oliver Wainwright, for The Guardian. Wainwright wrote...

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor 4 hrs ago

Ex-Prison Director and Socialist MP Found not Guilty of Corruption

Former Prison Director and ex-Socialist Party MP Arben Çuko has been acquitted by the court on charges of passive corruption. Judge Sokol Toma of the Court of Tirana dismissed the case at a preliminary hearing on the grounds that the prosecution did not bring any evidence linking Çuko to the charges. Çuko was arrested on 18...

By Exit Staff 17 hrs ago

Merkel Tells Rama Germany Will Push for EU Accession Talks in March

Chancellor Angela Merkel stated her government will urge EU members to open EU accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia in the next European leaders' summit in March 2020. During Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s visit in Berlin today, Merkel told journalists: “Above all, we want to reach an agreement at the next European Council...

By Exit Staff 22 hrs ago

Perspectives

A Worldwide Vision for Tackling Eyesight Problems

By Nita Shala

Albanian Men Need to Share the Burden of Unpaid Domestic Work

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor

How I Left Albania as a Refugee and Became Integrated in the UK

By Nashi Brooker

Annual Report of (Temporary) KED Shows Desperate State of Justice Reform

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

The Return of the Dictator’s Servants

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Exit Comment: No Need for Additional Anti-Defamation Laws

By Exit Editorial

Albanian Court Sentences ‘Gulenist’ Asylum Seeker to One Year in Prison

The Court of Tirana sentenced Turkish citizen Selami Simsek to one year in prison for attempting to pass...

By Exit Staff 18 hrs ago

Three Judges Resign before Undergoing Vetting Process

Three Albanian judges have resigned and will not undergo the vetting process, the High Judicial Council (KLGj) has...

By Exit Staff 18 hrs ago

Failure to Open EU Accession Talks Will Result in Lack of Rights for LGBTI in Western Balkans

The LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey (ERA) and the European Region of the International...

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor 20 hrs ago

Tirana Family Living in Car Two Months After Albanian Earthquake

A family of four people, including two young children, have been living in the car for most of...

By Exit Staff 23 hrs ago

Court Closes Case on ČEZ Privatization

On Friday, Judge Lazër Sallaku of the Court of Tirana decided to close the case on the privatization...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 10:28

Government Launches Online Reconstruction Platform for Earthquake Victims

On Sunday, the Albanian government launched an online platform where earthquake victims can apply for compensation from government's...

Yesterday at 08:32

Albanian Court Sentences ‘Gulenist’ Asylum Seeker to One Year in Prison

The Court of Tirana sentenced Turkish citizen Selami Simsek to one year in prison for attempting to pass the Albanian border with a fake Canadian...

18 hrs ago

Three Judges Resign before Undergoing Vetting Process

Three Albanian judges have resigned and will not undergo the vetting process, the High Judicial Council (KLGj) has announced. The resignations of judges A.L., N.Gj.,...

18 hrs ago

Failure to Open EU Accession Talks Will Result in Lack of Rights for LGBTI in Western Balkans

The LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey (ERA) and the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association...

20 hrs ago

Tirana Family Living in Car Two Months After Albanian Earthquake

A family of four people, including two young children, have been living in the car for most of the last two months, after their home...

23 hrs ago

Court Closes Case on ČEZ Privatization

On Friday, Judge Lazër Sallaku of the Court of Tirana decided to close the case on the privatization of Albania’s transmission system operator OShEE in...

Yesterday at 10:28

Government Launches Online Reconstruction Platform for Earthquake Victims

On Sunday, the Albanian government launched an online platform where earthquake victims can apply for compensation from government's reconstruction program following the deadly November 26...

Yesterday at 08:32