Shkëlzen Berisha, the son of former prime minister Sali Berisha, has lost his appeal against US author Guy Lawson and publishing company Simon & Schuster at the US Court of Appeals. In the verdict, dated September 2, 2020, the Court of Appeals confirms the verdict of lower court, which had ruled against the defamation claims
Kosovo MP Veton Berisha, representing the Egyptian community, has called on state institution to rebury in the martyrs’ cemetery the three Kosovo Egyptians killed by Serb forces during the war. On Friday, during his speech in parliament, Berisha thanked those who raised concerns about the missing name of 5-year-old girl, Elizabeta Hasani, on the Mitrovica
The Independent Qualification Commission (KPK) has confirmed Durrës Appeals judge Anita Mici for duty. The ruling was taken by the vetting body made up of Lulzim Hamitaj, Brunilda Bekteshi and Olsi Komici. KPK found no discrepancies with the judge’s wealth declarations and dismissed the National Security Agency’s (DSIK) negative report on her. The Commission asked
In The Mushroom at the End of the World, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing writes about using the “uncontrolled lives of mushrooms” as a “guide when the controlled world we thought we had fails.” The resilience of huge underground fungal networks contrasts with the fragility of our own human institutions. I would like to consider another type of mushroom,
Many of us are well familiar with the patriarchy we live in. To change it, we need to understand the mentality that results from a male dominated society. It is a fact that for over five hundred years, men and women in Albania were the slaves of the Ottoman Empire, literally and metaphorically. Over those
After months of internal wrangling and international pressure, Albania’s Socialist Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has postponed the adoption of media laws that would have muzzled the few online critical voices left. The postponement had more to do with European Parliament President Sassoli’s recent visit to Tirana than with international and local media watchdog protests against
Today, eight suspected cases of coronavirus infections were reported in Kosovo. Authorities are awaiting test results. Head of the Infectious Diseases Hospital Lendita Ajvazi-Berisha has told reporters that the cases being tested have recently arrived in Kosovo from abroad. On Monday, the country’s Ministry of Health asked the government for €10 million in funds intended
A tax amnesty that would legalize the wealth of Albanians in and outside the country, proposed by Prime Minister Edi Rama, is a policy that was implemented by the Berisha government in 2011. Then head of the opposition, Rama harshly opposed this policy. Today, Prime Minister Rama presented the tax amnesty as “a necessity for
This evening, thousands of Albanians have taken to the main boulevard of Tirana at the behest of President Ilir Meta. The protest was called due to a string of Constitutional violations that Meta says the government are using to consolidate power and execute a “coup d’etat”. Starting at 5pm, the main boulevard from the city
Today marks the 29 year anniversary since Albanian citizens rose up in a mass protest and toppled the statue of communist dictator Enver Hoxha. Hoxha had died in April 1985 and was replaced by Ramiz Alia who gradually introduced reforms in an attempt to save the regime from collapse, and reopened diplomatic ties with some