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Divorce Rate in Albania Spiked after Coronavirus Lockdown

Albania saw a spike in divorce rates during the last three months, following the coronavirus lockdown. The country’s reopening starting from May on was accompanied by an increased number of divorce requests filed with courts. During the lockdown, March-April period, 72 divorce requests were filed. However, the number increased significantly during the...

By Exit News 6 hrs ago

President Vetoes Law Dividing Albania into Four Development Regions

President Meta has vetoed and returned to parliament the law on 'Regional Development and Cohesion', which divides the country into four territorial units called development regions. On Friday, the president argued that the law...

By Exit News 7 hrs ago

Kosovo-Serbia White House Meeting Is Part of the Trump Campaign, Says Opposition Leader Kurti

Kosovo opposition leader Albin Kurti has drawn a direct connection between the Trump presidential campaign and the announcement for a White House meeting between Kosovo and Serbia leaders on September 2. In his reaction...

By Exit Staff 9 hrs ago

Trump Envoy Grenell Announces Another Kosovo-Serbia White House Summit

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet at the White House for negotiations on September 2, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump envoy Richard Grenell announced the news on Friday. https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1294088022204407808 It comes after a previous summit to resume the stalled dialogue, scheduled for June 27, was postponed due to the publication of war crime...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 04:22

12 Clerks Hired in Albania to Handle 35,000 High Courts Cases

USAID and the High Judicial Council (KLGj) have hired 12 clerks to handle the over 35,000 cases waiting at the High Court before judges start resolving them. They were hired through the USAID’s “Justice For All” program and are called Backlog Reduction Officers (BROs). BROs are conducting an inventory of cases, which will be later...

By Exit Staff Yesterday at 22:49

Perspectives

Comment: Theo Jacobs Said Openly What the Internationals Only Dare to Think

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Comment: The Mushroom at the End of the Regime

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Comment: Why Albania Should Join Montenegro and Kosovo to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

By Nashi Brooker

Comment: Take a Seat at SOFRA

By Rremida Shkoza

EU Doublespeak Only Serves Rama

By Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Albanian Emigrés: Leaving Your Country Doesn’t Mean Leaving Your Love of Albania

By Nashi Brooker

Kosovo Parliament Adopts Law to Fight Pandemics

Kosovo parliament has adopted a law to prevent and fight pandemics, amids a dire situation with COVID-19 in...

By Exit Staff 10 hrs ago

Kosovo, Serbia Leaders Confirm White House Meeting

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia have confirmed their participation in the White House meeting on September 2....

By Exit News 11 hrs ago

Albania Coronavirus Update 14 August: 6 Dead, 146 New Cases

6 people infected with Covid-19 have died in Albania in the last 24 hours. A 62-year old from...

By Exit News 13 hrs ago

Kosovo Coronavirus Update 14 August: 8 Deaths, 142 New Cases

Kosovo has reported eight deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to...

By Exit News 14 hrs ago

Albanian Minister Publishes Footage of Dire Situation Inside Tirana COVID-19 Wards

Minister of Health Ogerta Manastirliu has published film footage of coronavirus patients hospitalized at Covid2 Hospital in Tirana....

By Exit Staff 15 hrs ago

20km Long Queues at Albanian-Greek Borders

The queue of people wishing to cross the Albanian border into Greece is currently almost 20km long and...

By Exit Staff 16 hrs ago

Kosovo Parliament Adopts Law to Fight Pandemics

Kosovo parliament has adopted a law to prevent and fight pandemics, amids a dire situation with COVID-19 in the country. On Friday, 77 MPs in...

10 hrs ago

Kosovo, Serbia Leaders Confirm White House Meeting

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia have confirmed their participation in the White House meeting on September 2. It will be focused on “negotiations” between...

11 hrs ago

Albania Coronavirus Update 14 August: 6 Dead, 146 New Cases

6 people infected with Covid-19 have died in Albania in the last 24 hours. A 62-year old from Tepelena, a 63-year old from Lezha, a...

13 hrs ago

Kosovo Coronavirus Update 14 August: 8 Deaths, 142 New Cases

Kosovo has reported eight deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 381. Meanwhile, 142 new cases were reported...

14 hrs ago

Albanian Minister Publishes Footage of Dire Situation Inside Tirana COVID-19 Wards

Minister of Health Ogerta Manastirliu has published film footage of coronavirus patients hospitalized at Covid2 Hospital in Tirana. The video shows the high influx of...

15 hrs ago

20km Long Queues at Albanian-Greek Borders

The queue of people wishing to cross the Albanian border into Greece is currently almost 20km long and stretches as far as Gjirokaster. From yesterday,...

16 hrs ago