Democratic Party’s leader Lulzim Basha moved yesterday to counter his dismissal by a national convention called by opponents led by his predecessor Sali Berisha. Basha has called an emergency meeting of party’s executive council on Sunday afternoon proposing the dismissal of at least 11 regional leaders and dozens of other high-ranking officials who participated in
The National Assembly of the Democratic Party has voted to dismiss Lulzim Basha as leader, as well as all party leadership appointed by him. According to PD member Belind Këlliçi, a total of 4,934 of the Assembly’s 7,600 members participated in today’s meeting, though not all voted. 4,491 members voted in favor of the motion,
The National Assembly of the Democratic Party has approved new party statutes and voted to sack current party leadership. The new statutes revoke Berisha’s exclusion from the Democratic Party’s parliamentary group and nullify every decision made following Berisha’s expulsion. They also include provisions that the chairman of the party be removed if the PD loses
Thousands of members of the Democratic Party (PD) are expected to join former PD leader Sali Berisha in Tirana today for a National Assembly that seeks to oust current party chairman Lulzim Basha. Members are expected to vote on an amendment to party statutes that will require party leaders who lose national elections to immediately
US Special Envoy for the Balkans Gabriel Escobar met with opposition leader Lulzim Basha in his first official visit to Albania on Thursday. In statements for journalists after the meeting, the two officials stressed that they discussed the fight against corruption as one of the US priorities in Albania, as well as other topics. Escobar
Albania celebrated National Youth Day this Wednesday, December 8, to commemorate the 1990 students’ protests that contributed to the fall of the Communist regime. On December 8, 1990, university students gathered in front of the University of Tirana—then named after the country’s notorious dictator, Enver Hoxha—demanding that the political system be reformed. While the protests
Special US Envoy for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar will discuss the “US determination to fight corruption, impunity, and efforts to undermine democracy in the Western Balkans” in meetings with Albanian leaders on December 9. The US embassy in Tirana announced Escobar’s first visit to Albania on social media. He is scheduled to meet Prime
Democratic Party (PD) leader Lulzim Basha has intensified his public efforts against former leader Sali Berisha’s attempt to topple him and take back party leadership. On Wednesday, Basha held a meeting at the PD headquarters with all 71 regional party leaders he himself has appointed, after which he threatened to exclude Berisha from the party
Opposition Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha has called a meeting of the party’s highest body, the National Assembly, in an attempt to overshadow his former mentor Sali Berisha’s similar initiative that will take place one week earlier. On Monday, during a meeting of the steering committee, Basha accused Berisha of sowing division within the party,
The steering committee of the opposition Democratic Party (PD) will decide on measures to counter its former leader Sali Berisha’s move to topple current leader Lulzim Basha. On Monday afternoon, the committee, composed of 38 people and headed by Lulzim Basha, will decide on “measures to defend the Democratic Party interest and the democratic functioning