PM Rama at Elbasan Vocational School: Those who get a profession have the job ready
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20/09/24
Young people who looking for a profession, such as the culinary, IT and electronics specialists can do this in the vocational high schools, where dedicated curricula make these students ready for the labor market, said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during a visit in a professional school in Elbasan, in central Albania. The head of […]
University college in Tirana is closed after the scandal of selling diplomas
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19/09/24
In the building of the non-public Wisdom University College in the Albanian capital Tirana, the topics of the students of the previous academic year are still displayed, while the employees silently await the results of the scandal of selling fake diplomas by the educational institution. The Ministry of Education announced the initiation of the closure […]
PM Rama in Brussels: Ready to do everything to speed up EU ascension
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19/09/24
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gave a joint press statement in Brussels today with the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Oliver Röpke. There he emphasized that Albania is ready to do everything it can to speed up the EU membership, according to the required conditions and documentation. “Self-consultations will become even more […]
After release from prison, elected Albanian mayor makes maiden speech as an MEP: Reforms in Albania are turning into totalitarianism
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18/09/24
Fredi Beleri spoke today for the first time in the European Parliament, as an MEP elected under the logo of the party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The former elected pro-Greek mayor of Himare, in the southwest of Albania, said that “unfortunately, Albania is moving further away from Europe” and that “the current situation […]
Former Albanian MP dies suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 44, journalist: He did not suffer from heart disease
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18/09/24
The former PD deputy, Gert Bogdani, died today suddenly from a suspected heart attack while in a conference in Tirana. Top Channel’s Alma Demiraj reported that doctors tried for about an hour to save Gert Bogdani today after he arrived unconscious at the QSUT hospital, but the former MP could not survive. He did not […]
Authorities warn of fraud schemes and computer theft of Albanian bank accounts details
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17/09/24
Tirana Police has appealed to citizens to be careful of phone numbers that contact the citizens on social networks, as a new fraud scheme to steal bank account data. According to the police, messages disguised as those from the Meta company have been found, sent to phone numbers allegedly for the confirmation of data on […]
Special prosecution investigates two CEC tenders, Celibashi: The process has all the legitimacy
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17/09/24
The head of the Albanian CEC, Ilirjan Celibashi, spoke to the media regarding the SPAK anti-corruption prosecution’s investigation into two agency tenders for the voting equipment. Celibashi: “Personally, I have no concern either for myself or for anyone else from the CEC engaged in this process. The process has all the legitimacy in every view.” […]
Head of the opposition says that his daughter paid 434,000 euros for health and lawyers’ expenses in France and Britain, and also took a loan
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16/09/24
The SPAK prosecution has listed in its 499-page file the payments that were made by the daughter of the opposition leader Argita Malltezi, her husband and the son of the former prime minister Berisha, Shkëlzen Berisha for their father in relation to health expenses and office expenses for lawyer in France and Britain, regarding the […]
Albanian tourism operators’ requirements for 2025 on beaches and urban transport
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15/09/24
One of the problems mentioned most by foreign tourists in Albania this year was the lack of public beaches and the possibility to place towels and umbrellas freely on the coast. Almost the entire coast was filled with private beaches, some of which unlicensed. Meanwhile, during the summer season, images like these where the beaches […]
After years without running water, Fiks Fare program opens the “faucet” for the residents of Mamurras
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14/09/24
Fiks Fare program brought tonight the complaints of the residents of the “Demokracia” neighborhood in Mamurras in northwestern Albania, who have been suffering from a lack of tap water for 30 years. There were 50 families of this neighborhood who in the winter solved the water problem with wells, but in summer they remained at […]
8.5 million tourists visited Albania until August, groups of visitors enjoy the attractions from north to south, says PM Rama
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14/09/24
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has published the current tourism statistics saying that 8.5 million tourists have visited Albania until August of this year, an increase from 7.5 that resulted a year ago. There have also been tourists from distant countries, such as Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Australia or Azerbaijan, who chose to visit our country, […]
Teacher with mental health problems continues to work in Shkodra despite violence against student; suspended after Fiks Fare’s enquiry
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13/09/24
The teacher in question is object of investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Shkodër in northwerters Albania, after a complaint made by the parents of a third-grade child, for violence by the teacher. The prosecutor’s office requested a psychiatric evaluation of the primary school teacher n northern Albania, which resulted in proof of her […]
They asked for a change in security measure but Special Appeal leaves in force house arrest for the leader of opposition and son-in-law
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13/09/24
The Special Appeal Court left today in force the “house arrest” measure against former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his son-in-law Jamarbër Malltezi. According to the official announcement “The Special Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime, with Iliriana Olldashi as judge, decided on the ‘Approval of the decision of the Special Court of […]
Normative act for doctors removes restrictions on multiple employment of hospital service managers
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12/09/24
The normative act that limits the employment of doctors at the same time in public and non-public hospitals, has already passed the discussion in the Health Commission and is expected to receive approval in the Parliament tomorrow’s session. But unlike what was presented in the report, that doctors with management positions in public hospitals or […]
26 years without Azem Hajdari; DP pay homage without president Berisha, who commemorates the democracy figure from his house arrest
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12/09/24
The confrontation with justice made the opposition DP Sali Berisha, for the first time, be absent from the annual tributes to Azem Hajdari, one of the founders of the Democratic Party who was executed outside the party’s headquarters 26 years ago. The Democrats left the work of the Assembly for a few minutes, to go […]
Fiks Fare/ Judicial officer takes 1,000 euro bribe from the 68-year-old woman who built a shelter for herself and the sons
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11/09/24
“Fiks Fare” program on Top Channel reported tonight a scandal within the justice institutions, where a judicial police officer in Elbasan in central Albania, demanded a bribe of 1,000 euros to stop the proceedings for a house built in the village. The event takes place in the office of officer Anila Dushku, who after taking […]
Serious crime in Roskovec; Armed perpetrator kills uncle and nephew, later surrenders to the police
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10/09/24
Gramoz Kurtaj and Vladimir Kurtaj, uncle and nephew, lost their lives in a serious criminal incident this Tuesday in Roskovec in southwest Albania. The victims are suspected to have been shot dead by 49-year-old Altin Kuka, who later surrendered to the police. The investigative team arrived at the scene to investigate the crime. The officials […]
Former PM Berisha to the SPAK special prosecutor’s office to officially receive the charges
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09/09/24
The Albanian special anti-corruption prosecution SPAK says that it is closing the investigations against the former Democratic Prime Minister Sali Berisha, and it has been unofficially announced that he will appear at the Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday at 12 o’clock to communicate the accusation. In the meantime, the investigations have also been closed for his […]
Farmers in Divjaka gave up wheat to plant sunflowers, but the market continues to shrink
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08/09/24
Thanas Veliu, the farmer from Grabjani in Divjaka in southwestern Albania, planted wheat and sunflowers on his 12 ha of land. He says that he cannot provide for his family with wheat as he sold it at a discount that does not even cover the production costs. “The costs of wheat are many times higher […]
Head of the opposition Berisha condemns the ‘SP justice’ and announces the DP’s strategy: Until now we were on defensive, now we only protest and attack
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07/09/24
Sali Berisha has again thrown accusations against SPAK special prosecution and the SP in power during his speech in the DP National Assembly of Albania’s opposition. He said stated the Democrats have been on the defensive so far, but they will not continue with the same plans in the coming months. “Dear friends, anyone who […]