A Wasted Government: 4 Incinerators and 3 Landfills in 2 Years

For the last two years, the Rama Government has focused on the waste management industry, giving out concessions and building permits for several incinerators, the opening of several landfills, and resending the waste management law to Parliament. The following projects have been approved in recent times: Landfills Only a few days ago, the inhabitants of

Patozi Announces Creation of Anti-Basha Fraction inside PD

During an interview last Friday on the Vizion+, and yesterday evening on Top Channel, Astrit Patozi announced that the anti-Basha group will create an official fraction within the PD and demands to be represented in the PD leadership. Patozi called the fact that the parliamentary group was selected solely by PD leader Lulzim Basha and

Will Rama Pose with Trump at UN?

Every year during the General Assembly of the UN in New York, the US President hosts an official dinner for all the heads of state or government present at the deliberations of the the Assembly. It has now become a tradition that at the end of this dinner, the US President and First Lady pose

Edi Rama, Agron Shehaj, Underage Migrants, and Useful Idiots

Did you notice how useless the new PD deputies are? Did you see Agron Shehaj’s speech, how ridiculous it was? Social media was flooded with such rhetorical questions and comments, right after the discussion session of Rama’s government program. There are plenty of tough, illiterate, and ugly criminals in the Parliament, but never before had I

Inside the EU’s Sewerage Project: Bankruptcy, Delays and Broken Pipes

In July 2017, at the height of the tourist season, the seaside of beach resort town Ksamil was covered in excrement. While the Municipality of Saranda placed responsibility with the EU, which had financed a renovation of the sewerage system, the EU claimed that the project had been handed over to the Albanian government in

Doctor, Let Your Boys Go

This time around, Sali Berisha couldn’t speak out without it becoming news. News in which, as was trumpeted loudly by the media, the Doctor had at last attacked Lulzim Basha. At a first glance, it seemed that the historical democratic leader officially confirmed, following a debilitating silence, all speculations and comments that orbited around the idea

Rama’s Waste Management Law Is Back from the Dead

As Exit already predicted before the elections, the parliamentary agenda for the coming month includes the discussion of the decree of former President Nishani to send back the waste management law to Parliament. The changed waste management law was improved in Parliament on September 22, 2016 by votes of the PS and LSI, after which then

Sali Berisha: What He Said, Implied, and What This Means

The standpoint of Sali Berisha toward the developments in the PD, especially after the dramatic election defeat, has been an important factor for many within and outside the party. His considerable authority over the PD, the widespread belief of the public opinion that he understands and knows full well how things work, has left many waiting for

What Were Berisha’s Messages?

Thursday, Sali Berisha spoke for the first time since the inner debate has stifled the largest opposition party at the end of May. A plethora of problems, from the Rama–Basha agreement, the debate over the deputy list of the PD, Basha’s campaign, the deep defeat and re-nomination and controversy, Berisha has tried to keep a

EU Ombudsman Orders EEAS to Provide Tender Documents of Vlahutin’s Villa

The EU Ombudsman has agreed with Exit’s request to the European External Action Service (EEAS) to release the tender documents pertaining to the acquisition of the official residence of EU Ambassador Romana Vlahutin. In a series of articles, Exit has revealed that the procedures to acquire the villa, at a total of cost €1,977,500, raised issues of

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