Albania is using security screening devices made by a company with deep ties to the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party and its military. Following an investigation by AP, equipment manufactured by Nuctech is being used by several states, including Albania, despite being banned from the US due to security concerns. Nuctech is a
The Albanian government has decided to ask for Albanian voters’ advice on a number of policymaking issues it considers crucial. In the recent “National Consultation” initiative launched by Prime Minister Edi Rama, the government has presented the general public with 12 questions covering a range of issues, from geopolitical to fiscal matters, that it deems
The Albanian community in Medvegja in the Presevo Valley in Serbia have sent a letter to the OSCE Ambassador to the country, calling for assistance in addressing the issue of reported ethnic cleansing by administrative means in the region. As first reported by Exit, Albanians in the Presevo Valley have been subjected to passivisation instruments
The Parliament of Kosovo has passed a resolution against allowing a Serbian constitutional referendum to take place in Kosovo. The 8-point resolution states that the referendum violates Kosovo’s sovereignty and is against the country’s constitution. It also reiterates that dual citizens are free to vote, but declares that opening voting centers to hold another country’s
Kosovo leaders commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the Recak Massacre where the Serbian police and military forces murdered 45 people in the village of Recak, Kosovo. On January 15, 1999, during the Kosovo War, 45 people were murdered in the massacre when Serbian forces surrounded the village of Reçak, attacked it, and raided houses. Men were
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has warned there will be grave and wide-spread consequences if Kosovo refuses to open voting centers to hold a Serbian constitutional referendum in its sovereign territory. On Sunday (16 January), Serbia is holding a constitutional referendum to change how its judges and prosecutors are elected in order to bring its Constitution
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and EU High Representative Josep Borrell have clashed over Serbia’s attempt to hold a constitutional referendum in the sovereign territory of Kosovo. On Sunday, January 16, Serbia is organizing a referendum over changes to the country’s constitution. Borrell has asked Kosovo to allow the collection of votes in its territory
Albanian politicians and well-known figures are not known for holding their tongues, even in the public domain and 2021 was no exception. In this roundup, we gathered together some of the most outrageous, untrue, or dare we say it, ridiculous comments of the year. Edi Rama While giving the keynote speech at the OSCE South
2021 was a year that saw Albania’s score on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index continue to decline. After falling for several years down to 84th place in 2019 with a score of 30.59 out of a possible 100 (with 100 being the worst and 0 being the best), in 2020 it continued its
MEP Viola von Cramon, the European Parliament Rapporteur on Kosovo has denounced Serbia’s policy to remove Albanians from its own civil registry. Retweeting a message by researcher Flora Ferati-Sachsenmaier with statistics resulting from this policy in the Albanian-majority towns in Serbia, von Cramon called on the Council of Europe and the OSCE to answer the