Albanian politics
Piepoli Poll on Report TV: Socialist Party leads with 50.5% ahead of May 11 elections
With just 45 days to go until Albania’s parliamentary elections, a new poll conducted by the Piepoli Institute in collaboration with Report TV projects a clear lead for the ruling...
Prosecutor General to vet 16 candidates ahead of May 11 elections
Albania’s Prosecutor General will carry out in-depth background checks on 16 candidates running for parliament in the May 11 elections, after they self-declared past legal troubles in their decriminalization forms....
Edi Rama presents Socialist candidates in Elbasan, calls for broad support in May 11 elections
Albanian Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Edi Rama presented the Socialist candidates for Elbasan where he aims to secure 100,000 votes. In the last parliamentary elections in 2021, the...
Socialist leader Edi Rama defends candidate lists: “With closed lists, we open up the party!”
One day after submitting the Socialist Party’s (SP) candidate lists to the Central Election Commission (KQZ), Prime Minister Edi Rama publicly explained the methodology and philosophy behind the selection of...
Democratic Party presents “Alliance for a Majestic Albania” coalition
The Democratic Party has officially unveiled the “Alliance for a Majestic Albania” coalition. There are 26 parties in the coalition, that Berisha described as the strongest coalition in three decades...
Angry courtroom exchange: SPAK prosecutor hurls insults at Erion Veliaj, sparking controversy
A newly published excerpt from the court session involving Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj has raised serious questions about the behavior of the prosecutor and the integrity of the judicial process....
Editorial note: Erion Veliaj case becomes political thriller as SPAK faces growing backlash
The arrest of Tirana’s mayor, Erion Veliaj, was expected to be contentious. Veliaj is one of the most senior Socialist officials, a three-time popular mayor of Tirana credited with the...
SPAK and GJKKO furious over Veliaj supporters’ protest, fueling accusations of double standards
SPAK and the Special Court Against Corruption (GJKKO) have reacted furiously to the presence of Erion Veliaj’s supporters outside the court during his detention hearing and the lack of a...
Prime Minister criticizes SPAK over Tirana Mayor’s arrest, refuses to dismiss him
Prime Minister Edi Rama declared on Tuesday that he will not dismiss Erion Veliaj, the Mayor of Tirana, following his arrest by the Special Structure Against Corruption and Organized Crime...
Tirana Mayor’s arrest sparks controversy and accusations of political bias against SPAK
Erion Veliaj, the Mayor of Tirana and a top figure in Albania’s Socialist Party (SP), was arrested on Monday on charges of passive corruption and money laundering. The arrest, just...