The Tirana Appeals Court has accepted to review a court case that recognized Sali Berisha movement’s decisions to topple the Democratic Party leadership. Shortly before the appeal’s court released its verdict, Berisha accused US Ambassador […]
With the 2022 tourist season around the corner, the Albanian government has decided to lift temporarily tourist visa requirements for the citizens of eight countries: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Qatar, Oman, Russia, and Thailand. […]
The deficit in unpaid social security had reached EUR 144 million by the end of 2021, according to the General Directorate of Taxes, posing a significant risk to the pension pots of the future. Between […]
An average of 15 Albanian business a day have closed since June 2021, due to rising prices and economic difficulties. Data from the National Centre of Business reported that between June and December 2021, some […]
The Special Prosecution against Corruption (SPAK) has arrested 17 police officers on charges of corruption following a joint operation between Kosovo and Albanian police at the Morine border crossing. Police in both countries had undertaken […]
Albania has one of the highest rates of suicides in prisons according to a report on penal statistics commissioned by the European Council. Implemented by the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, the report measured a number of […]
From: Exit Staff The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that states have the right to dissolve or refuse to register parties that do not distance themselves from former Communist Parties. In 2015, the […]
From: Alice Taylor Several hundred protestors gathered on Tirana’s main boulevard on Monday evening to protest against the Open Balkan initiative on the day the three leaders involved, met in Albania. The protest was organised by […]
From: Exit News Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is hosting the other two leaders of the Open Balkan initiative – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev – in Tirana for a two-day […]
The Albanian government has issued an instruction that will prohibit anyone with a criminal record from working as a teacher in the country. Minister of Education, Evis Kushi made the announcement today following outrage over […]