Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha has supported his predecessor Sali Berisha’s call on the US administration to present evidence for their allegations of corruption against the latter. In his reaction to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s banning of Berisha and his family from entering the US, Basha said he was saddened by the
Former President Sali Berisha has denied allegations of “involvement in significant corruption” levied against him in the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement banning him and his family from entering the United States. A few hours after Blinken’s statement was published, Berisha responded on his social media on Wednesday by pointing out that no
Former President and Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, his wife, and two children are now banned from entering the US, according to an official designation by Anthony J.Blinken, Secretary of State. “Former President of Albania Sali Berisha’s corrupt acts undermined democracy in Albania. I am publicly designating Berisha and his immediate family members as
The head of the Central Election Commission in Albanian, Ilirjan Celibashi published the list of candidates who will occupy the 140- seats in the Albanian parliament following the April 25 elections. In a press statement on Friday, Celibashi said that roughly 3/4 of the votes cast for each of the future 4 parliamentary parties had
Two senior figures from the Democratic Party have called for the resignation of Chairman Lulzim Basha. Former President Bujar Nishani posted a statement on Facebook. “Today is the moment for the Democratic Party to be free from the example of incompetence and model that is complimenting it little by little. Today is the moment for
The polls closed at 7pm last night and the first exit polls suggested a possible win for the opposition parties. The first results from counting have started to come in and Exit will bring you an update of official figures as they happen. 23:50 An open ballot box arrived form a village in Sarande to
Some 3.6 million Albanians who are eligible to vote will have the chance today, 25 April in the general elections. Out of that figure, 1.7 million live abroad, some 600,000 of which live in Greece and North Macedonia and will not be allowed to take part, due to a mandatory quarantine period of 2 weeks,
Before writing this pre-election analysis, I decided to read what I have written nine years ago, on the eve of the 2013 elections. I noticed, with some surprise, how the main problem has remained the same, but also that, compared to eight years ago, we have a significant acceleration in the descending spiral of the
Prime Minister Edi Rama accused President Ilir Meta and opposition MP Sali Berisha of allegedly attempting (again) to destabilize Albania, following their alleged failure to stage a coup d’etat by agitating air traffic controllers to enter a strike earlier this month. Rama claimed that this time they published a database with the personal information of
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama implied that his party is open for a grand coalition with the main opposition party, Democratic Party (PD), but its leader refused the offer. Rama told Reporter TV on Wednesday that he would collaborate with opposition leader Lulzim Basha after elections if the latter was willing to part ways with