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Education Minister Mirela Kumbaro has condemned violence during student protests in Tirana after a fire severely damaged the ground floor of the Ministry of Education. In her first reaction to the incident,...
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Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have seized the mobile phone of Ermal Gjinaj, the husband of Socialist politician and former minister Ogerta Manastirliu, as part of a reported investigation...
Fasli Rama, a police commander in the northern Albanian city of Shkoder, is in critical condition after suffering a severe head injury during clashes with protesters, according to local reports. Rama was...
Tensions intensified on Thursday in the Albanian capital as protesters reportedly attacked the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party, marking another escalation in the ongoing demonstrations. Police...
The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump...
The Council of Ministers approved on Wednesday the rules regarding the evaluation and approval of feasibility studies, as well as the awarding, amendment, and transfer of concession or public-private partnership...
A total of 29 people are currently receiving medical treatment at the University Trauma Hospital (SUT) following a protest in Tirana, according to the latest information from the Ministry of Health. The...
The Ministry of Justice in Tirana was targeted in acts of vandalism during a protest on Wednesday evening, with windows smashed and the office providing free legal aid set on fire, according to Justice...
para 6 orë - NOA
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has told the international news agency Reuters that he will not resign over the violent student-led protests, which entered their third consecutive day on Thursday, October...
para 6 orë - Tirana Examiner
On Wednesday the Union told the Albanian police to hold back, received the opposition’s account in its own office, and said nothing to the men with the petrol. A security assessment of what a crowd does...
para 9 orë - Albanian Daily News
Fifty-one police officers were injured during a violent protest in Albania, while authorities have taken 65 participants in for further questioning over suspected attacks on officers, public institutions...
para 18 orë - Tirana Examiner
On the afternoon Tirana burned, the EU ambassador received the opposition’s interlocutor in the Union’s own office and published nothing. The opposition published the photograph and the readout. Either...
para 19 orë - Tirana Examiner
The Iute Credit branch on Rruga e Durrësit burned on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, a fifteen-minute walk from the EU Delegation. The Delegation found seven sentences for the police and none for the fire....
para 19 orë - Albanian Daily News
Police have detained several young people following a protest in Albania’s capital, Tirana, where tensions escalated into clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officers. During the unrest,...
Democratic Party (PD) has filed a criminal complaint at the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) over alleged police violence against students, protesters and journalists during a demonstration in Tirana...
para 20 orë - Tirana Times
Student-led demonstrations turn into violent confrontations, with attacks on state institutions and luxury buildings amid allegations of systemic corruption, police brutality and a deepening political...
para 21 orë - Albanian Daily News
A group of protesters has moved to the Zogu i Zi area of Tirana, heading toward the University of Sports, where they have begun damaging property along their route, according to reports from the scene....
Fourteen police officers have been injured and 35 people have been escorted to police facilities following violent attacks during protests in Albania’s capital, Tirana, according to the State Police. In...
France’s foreign minister has accused Elon Musk of using his social media platform to orchestrate “massive online harassment campaigns” against European leaders as he took aim at foreign efforts to destabilise...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it has increased Albania’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for 2026 to 3.5%, from 3.4% in its previous forecast made in April. Average...
Ruling Socialist Party (SP) has condemned the violence during ongoing protests in the capital, Tirana, as government institutions, businesses and infrastructure have been damaged by fires and acts of vandalism....
Ten hours of violent protests, clashes with police and widespread property damage left parts of the Albanian capital scarred, as demonstrators moved from one location to another, targeting government institutions,...
para 22 orë - Tirana Examiner
A declaration with plenty of words, and the only word that mattered was not among them. Albatros Rexhaj For twelve years the European Union has told Albania what the rule of law is. It is a state that...
para 23 orë - Albanian Daily News
The British Embassy in Tirana has condemned violence during an ongoing protest in the Albanian capital, urging all parties to respect fundamental rights and take steps to ease tensions. In an official...
Tensions escalated in Albania’s capital on Wednesday as protesters moved toward the Ministry of Economy, throwing stones and fireworks, with reports that they forced open the ministry’s doors and began...
The also called student protests in Albania’s capital escalated further on Wednesday after demonstrators entered the Parliament Presidency building and set a fire inside, amid hours of rising tensions...
The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) has called for legal amendments aimed at preventing court proceedings from being disrupted by the collective absence of defense lawyers,...
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Every year is declared the hottest on record, and every year we ask what comes next. For Albania, disaster preparedness is no longer hypothetical. The country...
para një dite - Tirana Examiner
By nine on Tuesday the state had denied that two students were dying. Two hours later the claim was louder than before, a 1,400-follower account in Germany was on Serbian front pages, and nobody in Tirana...
The street is chanting “Rama in jail” and throwing petrol at a ministry, and the flag of the Holy See is lying on a Tirana pavement. Jorida Tabaku has told the embassies it was self-defence. The EU Delegation,...
After a night of violence in Tirana, the EU Delegation found specific words for the police and none for those who attacked the city’s institutions. Ardit Rada The European Union Delegation in Tirana did...
para një dite - Albanian Daily News
Albania’s State Police has called on participants in the ongoing student protests in Tirana to remain calm, avoid violence and distance themselves from masked individuals accused of attacking police officers...
Six people injured during a student protest in Tirana remain under medical care, with all six reported to be in good health, Albania’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said in an update on Wednesday...
The Newsroom Article 47 of the Albanian Constitution guarantees the freedom of peaceful assembly, without arms. Article 11 of the European Convention protects the same thing, in the same words: peaceful....
By Maringlen Cara (Tirana) There is a point at which a protest stops being a protest. Tirana crossed it at three o’clock on Tuesday. The students came to the Ministry of Education at two, with banners...
para një dite - Tirana Times
Clashes in Tirana over education, economic hardship and political accountability come amid more than 100 days of civic demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation. Tirana Times, October...
The people who set Tirana alight on Tuesday did not challenge Edi Rama’s authority. They supplied him with the one argument he did not have to invent. Editorial Board | Tirana Examiner By the time the...
The court administration builds the obstacle, the court fines the lawyer who objects, and the man in pretrial detention pays the price. By Ylli Manjani Editor’s note: Ylli Manjani is a former Albanian...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met Prime Minister Edi Rama, Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha and Speaker Niko Peleshi. Hoxha raised Israel’s recognition of Kosovo and confirmed Albania’s contribution...
Albania’s capital was gripped by escalating unrest this Tuesday as student-led protests against the government continued for hours, with clashes between demonstrators and police leaving one young man seriously...
Jared Kushner says his partnership paid €230 million for Albanian land, and he has accepted Albania’s final authority over the project. A potential €4 billion investment should not be sacrificed to political...
Violent protests broke out in Tirana today, with demonstrators initially gathering near the Ministry of Education before moving along Durrës Street, where they set fire to various objects and smashed the...
Prime Minister Edi Rama is set to convene an expanded meeting of the Socialist Party’s Parliamentary Group tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. at the Palace of Brigades, with Socialist lawmakers and government ministers...
Democratic Party MP Ivi Kaso has warned that the ongoing standoff between Albania’s Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) and the Albanian Bar Association could have serious consequences...
Thirteen people received medical assistance following Tuesday’s protest in Tirana, which was marked by clashes and the use of tear gas, Albania’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said. According to...
The government launched the "Price Overview" platform and the "Save" initiative on Monday. The initiatives aim to increase market transparency and let citizens compare product prices across supermarket...
Twenty-three people have been taken in for further procedural action following violent clashes between protesters and police outside Albania’s Ministry of Education, according to the State Police. In a...
The ongoing lawyers’ boycott and the resulting deadlock at the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) came under scrutiny on Tuesday during a meeting of the Commission on Citizen...
MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War, the head of the intelligence service has said, as he labelled Russia "aggressor number one". Sir Ken McCallum warned...
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The Deputy Prime Minister Albana Koçiu has condemned acts of violence, attacks on state institutions and police, and damage to public property following the student protest outside the Ministry of Education...
A student protest outside Albania’s Ministry of Education has left damage to both the government building and the surrounding streets, following confrontations between demonstrators and police. Footage...
A student protest outside the Ministry of Education escalated into tensions and violent clashes, leaving at least one demonstrator injured, according to reports from the scene. The injured protester was...
Tensions escalated during a student protest outside Albania’s Ministry of Education, where demonstrators broke the building’s windows and entered the institution’s fenced compound, according to reports...
Tensions escalated during a student protest in the Albanian capital on Tuesday, as demonstrators blocked major roads and marched toward the Ministry of Education. The protest, which began at 2 p.m. local...
US President Donald Trump is facing a growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia as the Iran war continues to impact global energy prices. Trump on Friday announced that Russian President...
Saudi Arabia's energy minister has vowed a "serious" response to the deadly attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil and gas facilities by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement. "The events of recent weeks...
The ruling Socialist Party will hold an expanded meeting of its parliamentary group on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., following internal disagreements over the country’s Territorial Reform. The meeting, called...
The Saudi-led coalition says that further attacks have been launched against King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh. Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the coalition, says that an...
The government has proposed amendments to the deposit insurance law to strengthen depositor protection, improve the scheme's management efficiency, and ensure the stability of the banking and financial...
Tensions and clashes broke out outside the Air Albania Stadium just minutes before the highly anticipated capital derby between Tirana and Partizani. According to preliminary reports, supporters of both...
For the second year in a row, the Nobel Committee has passed over the American president who has done more for peace than any other leader on the global stage. Approximately two weeks ago, the world was...
para 4 dite - Tirana Times
The Middle East faces a historic choice: to remain trapped in rivalries that define security through the weakening of adversaries, or to build a regional order based on sovereignty, cooperation and diplomacy....
By Enrico Letta Delivery as the defining challenge Thank you. I am genuinely pleased to be here, and I will tell you why I rearranged my agenda to make it. When I saw the title of this event — “Proof,...
