Reporters Without Borders has responded to the claims by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that the reports of media violations in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index were “lies” and “fantasy”, by debunking him. Albania fell 20 places in this year’s index to a historic low of 103, news that Rama did not take well.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request for Albania to tighten sanctions on Russia by closing its ports to Russian ships and restricting Russian tourists flow prompted opposition allegations of hypocrisy toward the Albanian government in relation to Ukraine. “I ask you to close your ports to Russian ships, and to restrict arrivals of Russian tourists,” Zelenskyy
A recent report has detailed how thousands of health workers have led to Germany in 2020, while Prime Minister Edi Rama has dismissed concerns of the loss of skilled workers in key sectors. The European Training Foundation published a report last week detailing the mass exodus of skilled workers, including a high number of young
Following hundreds of reports to authorities, only one case—with two defendants—related to electoral crimes resulted in a conviction, a report from the Center for Public Information Issues has found. The 25 April general elections were accompanied by a total of 291 complaints for vote buying, manipulation, pressuring, and other forms of electoral crimes. These issues
Significant human rights abuses facing Albania include a lack of judicial independence, restrictions on media freedom, and pervasive corruption in all branches of governance even to the municipal level, according to the US State Department’s latest human rights report. Published each year, the report takes a look at human rights practices in various countries across
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has lauded Serbia’s vote at the UN General Assembly in favor of Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council. On Thursday, 93 countries voted for Russia’s suspension from the main human rights body following the U.S. proposal, while 24 counties voted against, and 58 abstained. “Russia’s suspension from the
The election process in Serbia was marked by unequal conditions for participants in elections, resulting from government representatives that were favoured by the majority of media outlets, pressure on employees in public companies, and abuse of administrative resources, observers from international organisations stated in Belgrade on Monday. At a news conference where the preliminary conclusions
Aleksandar Vucic has won a second 5-year term in office as Serbia’s president following the Sunday elections, but his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) was unable to maintain a three-fifth majority of seats in parliament despite convincingly winning the parliamentary vote as well. Live results from the National Electoral Commission show Vucic leading with 58.5 percent
Serbian citizens voted for the president of the state and all 250 members of parliament on 3 April, with turnout estimated to be higher than in the 2020 parliamentary elections. Voting at the 8,267 ballot stations where 6,502,307 citizens had the right to vote ended at 8 pm on 3 April. Elections for the assemblies
Kosovo not allowing the Serbian elections to be organised in the same manner as previous elections is disappointing, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre after meeting his Kosovo counterpart Albin Kurti on Monday. “This can only be resolved through the EU-led dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Existing agreements must be implemented and both parties