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Editorial: Urgent EU and US action required in Kosovo following the Zubin Potok canal attack
Friday’s terrorist attack on the water canal in Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo, underscores the fragile state of stability in Kosovo. The Zubin Potok canal attack is emblematic of the...
Editorial note: Opposition’s October 7 protest, a study in self-destruction
Economic historian Carlo M. Cipolla famously defined stupidity as causing harm without gaining any benefit. The leaders of the Albanian Democratic Party (DP) would have done well to remember this...
Editorial note: Albanian opposition leader’s attacks on media on eve of protest must be condemned by all
The leader of Albania’s opposition Democratic Party, former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, has launched a vicious verbal attack on journalists and analysts, accusing them of serving Prime Minister Edi Rama....
The Democratic Party must stop digging
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once said, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.” One cannot think of better advice for the Democratic Party (DP), which seems committed...
What the Bektashis are really asking for
The only positive thing that came from the public disclosure of Edi Rama’s proposal for the sovereignty of the Bektashi Order, aimed at granting international representation to this religious sect...
Why should we tolerate Tanja Fajon’s insult?
When I heard that the Slovenian politician, Tanja Fajon came to Tirana and said that Albania could join the EU by 2030, I realized that even this date is impossible...
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The Democratic Party must support external voting for the Diaspora
Published on July 9, 2024
Few were surprised by the inability of Albania’s two main political forces to reach consensus on electoral reform. The parties were simply too far in...