The freedom to strike and unionize was one of the freedoms denied by communism. At the time the working relation began, all employees were automatically entered into the Albanian Trade Unions (BPSh), the only existing “trade union,” and proceeded to promptly forget about it the next day. The relation between BPSh and each employee was
It appears that the tunnel vision of the international diplomats in Tirana is becoming ever narrower. While in recent weeks US Ambassador Donald Lu has spent considerable time defending an obscure, unilateral intervention of the government in the margins of the judicial reform – the unconstitutional election of a Temporary Prosecutor General – while nearly all fundamental
In a video conference between Prime Minister Edi Rama, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Damian Gjiknuri, Minister of Economy and Finance Arben Ahmetaj, and the oil workers from the ARMO refinery in Ballsh, which have demanded their unpaid wages and a solution for the bankrupted refinery, the Prime Minister has once again blamed his predecessor,
How is Rama governing? This question that I got a few days ago from an important Kosovar businessman made me reflect a bit to improve my answer. Rama doesn’t govern at all! When I say “does’t govern” I don’t mean that Rama and his team are not going to their office; or that they don’t the
Anyone walking on the streets of Tirana has probably noticed the billboards showing the latest propagandist invention of the government: the co-governance platform. A lot has been said about the nearly dictatorial effect the rhetoric and the decisions of Prime Minister Rama regarding job dismissal motivated simply by some anonymous comments. Unfortunately, the problem is much larger than that. The opinion coming from
During Christmas we are all a bit better, at least for a day, so we too try to be a bit better. For Christmas also Edi Rama will be better, who today gathers with his family, instead of with businessmen to give them concessions. For Christmas Ilir Meta will be better, who will take a
After US Ambassador Donald Lu briefly met with the Temporal Prosecutor General, a large part of the media reminded him that he promised the Albanian public that the “big fish” would be arrested next year. But even though we know little about what was discussed between them, one thing is certain. Lu will have it
It has become a familiar pattern. Whenever Prime Minister Edi Rama needs pushback against the ever more abundant proof that his government has actively strategically protected drug cultivation and trafficking ever since he came to power, an international sycophant comes out of the rotting woodwork to defend him. Curiously, in recent times all of his white
On a regular basis, Exit receives anonymous emails denouncing unimaginable political conspiracies or crimes, proposals for far-fetched articles, and phone calls suggesting all kinds of collaborations. The same appears to happen to politicians, as former Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s “digital citizen” posts on Facebook frequently show. Sometimes, however, we are given information that warrants further
Everyone that exceeds the age envisioned by the law is responsible for his own actions. It’s like to tell a parent about his grown-up child that he is responsible for him. These are the words of Prime Minister Edi Rama in an interview about the Tahiri affair. That’s how the prime minister, statesman, artist, and