Italian businessmen Francesco Becchetti has stepped up his attempt to get the compensation awarded to him in international arbitration against Albania that he won, but that is under appeal. According to Belgian media L’Echo, Becchetti filed and won a lawsuit in Belgium for the confiscation of Albania’s assets tied to the Eurocontrol organisation. Albania is
The “Operation Force of Law” (OFL) has reached the end of its one year mandate during which it managed to confiscate just 11 assets. As of 1 January, the OFL will no longer work to ascertain the source of funds or income from individuals with criminal convictions. The normative act which created the OFL has
Kosovo has lost 23 doctors and nurses since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March, 17 doctors and 6 nurses have lost their lives in Kosovo, Kosova Press reports. Doctor Gëzim Berisha, 52, was the last one to succumb to the virus in early December. The President of
EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi has rebuked media allegations that his staff have intervened with the Venice Commission to reject Albanian President Ilir Meta’s request for an opinion on the constitutional changes passed by the ruling majority concerning elections. Varhelyi stated that media accusations against Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, his director on Western
“The Flying Circus” by director Fatos Berisha from Kosovo was awarded the prize for the best debut film in the 30th edition of Cottbus Film Festival on Saturday. The film follows the journey of four theater actors who, during the Kosovo war, decide to travel to Albania to attend a theater festival and stage their
Plaurent Dervishaj has been arrested in Dubai after the Albanian police put him on the international wanted list last week. The Special Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) prosecutors have charged him with murder. Lulzim Berisha and Plarent Dervishaj, two former members of the notorious Durrës gang went into hiding before SPAK ordered their arrests, according
Elisa Spiropali, Albania’s Minister of State for Parliament Relations, called protesters “thugs” with whom the government would not talk. “One would not negotiate with thugs who burn the city,” she said during a TV show on Saturday. The minister accused the protesters of being paid by President Ilir Meta and former opposition member of parliament
The Albanian police have dispersed protesters using tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray, while dozens have been detained. The third day of protests following the killing of 25-year-old Klodian Rasha by a policeman after the victim allegedly failed to comply with police orders to stop during curfew hours, was marked by chants against the
Prime Minister Edi Rama has reiterated his accusations against President Ilir Meta for inciting violence in the recent protest, and for even paying the minor protesters to be violent. The harsh accusation came as Rama visited a hospitalized policeman on Friday, while the third day of protest was ongoing. Rama accused both President Meta and
Lulzim Berisha and Plaurent Dervishaj, two former members of the notorious Durrës gang have gone into hiding before the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime ordered their arrests for murder. The Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) announced on Tuesday that it had investigated three murders from 2005, and asked the court