Albania’s QSUT to become Balkan medical excellence center under new agreement with San Raffaele
Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Monday a strategic agreement between Albania’s University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa” (QSUT), the University of Medicine in Tirana, and Italy’s San Raffaele University Hospital...
The legal, moral, and political problem with Berisha’s attempt to clear his name with money
Opinion by Mero Baze The issue regarding the $6 million contract between Berisha’s Democratic Party (DP) and an American lobbying firm has three dimensions: legal, moral, and political. The legal...
SPAK opens investigation into Democratic Party’s $6 million U.S. lobbying contract
Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) has launched verifications into the Democratic Party’s (DP) $6 million lobbying contract with U.S. firm Continental Strategy, following its publication by the media. The revelations...
New revelations deepen doubts over Democratic Party’s $6 million lobbying contract
Fresh revelations by Shqiptarja.com have exposed additional irregularities in the Democratic Party’s (DP) $6 million U.S. lobbying contract, intensifying scrutiny over the party’s finances just days before Albania’s parliamentary elections....
Albania’s Democratic Party engulfed in $6 million lobbying scandal
Albania’s Democratic Party (PD) finds itself in the midst of a major financial scandal less than two weeks before the May 11 elections, after revelations that it signed a $6...
Report TV Piepoli poll: Socialists projected to gain in Tirana and Shkodër as Berisha’s bloc loses ground
A new poll by the Piepoli Institute in partnership with Report TV projects electoral shifts in two of Albania’s most critical battlegrounds ahead of the May 11 elections—Tirana and Shkodër....
Sali Berisha vows to repeal controversial medical graduate work law
Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha has pledged to immediately repeal a law requiring medical graduates in Albania to work for three years in the country or repay the cost of...
Kosovo’s Parliament deadlock continues as VV fails for sixth time to elect Speaker
Kosovo’s political stalemate deepened Thursday as the Assembly failed for the sixth time to elect its Speaker, leaving the country without a functioning parliament more than two months after elections....
Albanian Socialists suspend campaign for national day of mourning honoring Pope Francis
Albania will observe Saturday as a national day of mourning to honor Pope Francis, following a decision by the government outlining the official protocol for public institutions. While the country...
Socialist Party files complaint over diaspora voting irregularities, demands CEC action
The Socialist Party (SP) has filed a formal complaint with the CEC (Central Election Commission), citing a series of irregularities in the ongoing diaspora voting process. The issues reportedly involve...