5 Restaurants To Try In Tirana This Month

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Fact N​ot Fiction – The December Student Protests

Over the last 10 days, Albanian students have taken to the streets to demand improvements in education, their rights, and the conditions that they are forced to accept. If you live in Tirana, the chances are that you have seen them marching, heard them chanting, or seen pictures of them on your social media news

Three Days after Allegations of Child Abuse Surface, Nothing Has Been Done

It has been three days since myself and Rezearta Cushaj broke the news of allegations of serious abuse, neglect, and failings by the Bashkia of Tirane, Nashi Shehepi, and the justice system. One young boy was found to have severe bruising on his arms and after being questioned by the police, three psychologists, his parents,

Beaten and Burnt by Tirana’s Public Childcare System

We want to tell the sad story of a young boy who lives in Tirana. A.H. has just turned four years old, but in the last two months he has been beaten and burnt at the hands of two municipality kindergartens. On the 29th of August 2018, A.H. attended Kindergarten Nr. 1 and returned home

Poor Construction of Skënderbeg Square Caused Flooding of National Library

In 2016, when he donated his sketchbooks to the National Library, Prime Minister Edi Rama declared the following: We will work on the National Library like no one has during these last 25 years. We are fully committed to this process and will return what the culture of transition has amputated off the body of

“Model” Recycling Plant Burns Down

Yesterday, the recycling plant “Everest,” owned by chair of the Society of Recyclers Vullnet Haka burned to the ground. The fire started around 9 a.m. and was allowed to spread quickly as the fire alarm didn’t work. Responding to the ecological catastrophe this morning, Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj called upon citizens not to approach

Violence Is The Only Language Power Understands

The problem Albanians face today is the collapse of the moral authority exercised by all political parties, along with many other public “forums” like the media or businesses. Normally, issues would be resolved through communication in these “forums”. With how things are looking, violence will likely be the only means of communication for a while.

The Trash Time Bomb in Porto Romano

“The most urgent environmental concern in the Municipality of Durrës is the deposit and treatment of solid waste. The deposit of Porto Romano has been turned into a time bomb. In this context the solution of a new deposit for the solid waste is urgent and strategic,” concluded the Municipality of Durrës and the Institute for Cooperation and Development

The Government’s Deforestation Paradox

Exit.al | Two months ago, Exit reported that according to the most recent data (from 2010), Albania is the only European country which is cutting more trees than it is planting. In response to this ongoing deforestation of the country, the Council of Ministers passed in 2015 a 10-year moratorium on cutting trees, except for the

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