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International Media Freedom Organisations Ask Albanian Government to Drop Media Law and Seek EU Help

A group of the world’s leading media freedom organisations have publicly called on Prime Minister Edi Rama to ask the European Commission and the Council of Europe to help his government create an “anti-defamation law” that is“in line with best practice press freedom standards”. In a statement published this afternoon, the European...

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor 45 mins ago

Exit Journalist Helps Raise €730 for Earthquake Victims

Exit News journalist and author of The Balkanista website Alice Taylor has helped to raise €730 over the weekend for survivors of the 26 November earthquake. The Christmas Artisan Market was held at Urban...

By Exit Staff 2 hr ago

OSCE: ‘Anti Defamation’ Draft Law Still Doesn’t Protect Freedom of Expression in Albania

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has concluded that the changes made to the latest “anti defamation” draft law still requires further improvements. In a statement issued today, the Representative Harlem Desir...

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor 3 hrs ago

EU Delegation in Albania Does Not Support Rama’s Cash for Passports Scheme

The European Union Delegation in Tirana has confirmed to Exit that it does not support Prime Minister Edi Rama’s plans to start selling Albanian citizenship to wealthy investors in collaboration with citizenship advisory, Henley and Partners. Answering questions posed by this portal, they explained that “the European Commission has encouraged Albanian to consider whether the...

By Exit Staff 5 hrs ago

Albania Joins Kosovo in Boycotting Nobel Ceremony over Literature Prize Winner

Albania will boycott the Nobel Prize Awards ceremony on December, 10 in protest to literature award winner Peter Hanke’s support of the “butcher of the Balkans” Slobodan Milosevic. The Albanian Embassy in Sweden wrote on a Facebook post that it had informed organizers it would boycott the ceremony to express “solidarity with the suffering at...

By Exit Staff 7 hrs ago

Perspectives

The Heroes of the Albanian Earthquake Are Civil Society

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor

PPP by Stealth: Hospitals for Sale

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor

Rama Threatens to ‘Forcibly Intervene’ in Media under ‘State of Emergency’

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

KPA Verdict Shows KED Should Have Never Qualified Muçi for the Constitutional Court

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Clash of President Meta & Internationals Is Rooted in Failed Justice Reform

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Constitutional Court Jurisprudence Prohibits New Members of Court to Take Part in Decisions before Taking Oath

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Politicians Should Lead the Fight against Corruption, Says President of GRECO

Marin Mrcela, the President of the Council of Europe ‘s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) has called...

By Alice Elizabeth Taylor 8 hrs ago

Opposition Proposes Plan to Help Businesses Affected by Quake

Opposition leader Lulzim Basha proposed a five-point plan to help businesses following the November 26 earthquake. Basha presented...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 15:34

Turkish Aid Could Include Construction of Mosques in Earthquake-hit Areas

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise to build 500 apartments in Albania, as well as other Turkish aid, might...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 13:46

The First Albanian to Win an IEMMY

A 25-year-old independent filmmaker has raised the flag of the Albanian film industry in one of the world’s most prestigious...

By The Balkanista Yesterday at 11:25

Kosovo to Boycott Nobel Prize Ceremony, Asks Albania to Do Same

Kosovo will boycott the ceremony where Austrian writer Peter Handke will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Albanians...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 18:23

Government to Purchase Unsold Apartments for Earthquake Victims

The Albanian government will purchase apartments already built by construction companies, but which they have not been able...

By Exit Staff December 7, 2019

Politicians Should Lead the Fight against Corruption, Says President of GRECO

Marin Mrcela, the President of the Council of Europe ‘s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) has called on politicians to implement genuine political will...

8 hrs ago

Opposition Proposes Plan to Help Businesses Affected by Quake

Opposition leader Lulzim Basha proposed a five-point plan to help businesses following the November 26 earthquake. Basha presented his proposal in a Facebook post after...

Yesterday at 15:34

Turkish Aid Could Include Construction of Mosques in Earthquake-hit Areas

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise to build 500 apartments in Albania, as well as other Turkish aid, might include the building of mosques in areas...

Yesterday at 13:46

The First Albanian to Win an IEMMY

A 25-year-old independent filmmaker has raised the flag of the Albanian film industry in one of the world’s most prestigious award-giving bodies. The young filmmaker, Artes Ferruni recently won the JCS...

Yesterday at 11:25

Kosovo to Boycott Nobel Prize Ceremony, Asks Albania to Do Same

Kosovo will boycott the ceremony where Austrian writer Peter Handke will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Albanians in Kosovo and elsewhere, along with people...

Yesterday at 18:23

Government to Purchase Unsold Apartments for Earthquake Victims

The Albanian government will purchase apartments already built by construction companies, but which they have not been able to sell, to house some of the...

December 7, 2019