During a parliamentary group meeting yesterday, the PD decided to exclude anyone who “sells” their vote directly from the PD. Party leader Lulzim Basha called for the meeting after two PD deputies had voted in favor of the election of former communist minister Gramoz Ruçi as Speaker of Parliament. Also former Prime Minister Sali Berisha spoke
On August 14, 2017, Norway updated its asylum regulation for LGBT persons from Albania. Whereas previously LGBT asylum seekers from Albania were processed through the “extremely accelerated” 48-hour procedure, they will now be processed through the regular procedure. This means the applications of LGBT asylum seekers will be inspected in detail, signaling that intention of the Norwegian
Edi Rama came to power by convincing 1 million Albanians that “it is Sali [Berisha]’s fault.” So people abandoned Sali and brought him to power, with the hope that they would be saved from Sali and his memory. But it wasn’t so. Edi Rama passed the first two years of his government by explaining with facts
The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade, and Entrepreneurship has announced the winner of the concession for the construction, development, maintenance, and operation of the Technological and Economic Development Area (TEDA) in Spitalla, Durrës. The economic free zone has the size of of 101.2 ha, and will be tendered out to a consortium of Pelikan shpk,
According to the Italian newspaper La Gazzeta di Mezzogiorno, Chairman of the Regional Council of Puglia, Michele Emiliano, has proposed in Rome a project to build an offshore, floating LNG import terminal and regasification plant that will process gas for the Italian market and Western Balkan markets. The import terminal would be built only 5 km
Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj has decided to double the water price for families living in Tirana. This is a decision that will affect hundreds of thousands of families and will have a substantial influence on the living costs of especially the poorer families. The draft decision sent to the Municipal Council claims that the
Prime Minister Rama is continuing his promotion tour in which he sit “knee to knee” with the people of Albania to listen to their worries and expound on the importance of his “co-governance platform with the common people.” Can we imagine the French President Emmanuel Macron, fresh from his victory in which his party won
Today at 18:00 former LSI party leader and Speaker of Parliament Ilir Meta will be sworn in as President of the Republic of Albania. At 18:00 the swearing in will take place at the presidential palace on the Boulevard of the Martyrs in Tirana. Ilir Meta will take over the function from Bujar Nishani, a former
In an interview with Vizion Plus, former US Republican Congressman Joe DioGuardia alleged that former Prime Minister Sali Berisha had profited “billions” together with his son and daughter, without mentioning him explicitly by name. He also called current Prime Minister Edi Rama ” a chance for democracy.” If they think that Rama didn’t keep his
There could be up to 300 incompetent bureaucrats, corrupted people that were appointed politically, who hold high administrative offices or are part of the judicial system. We are all witness to the fact that this government has huge problems that must be immediately resolved using clear legal criteria, accepted by everybody. But, there is one