The big question hanging over the squares is whether this street pressure will remain an amorphous pressure movement or will it have the courage and maturity to take the form of a new political movement.
When Sali Berisha was declared “non grata” in 2021, many considered it the end of his political career. But he chose not to retreat. For five years, he fought against political isolation and the idea that his fate was sealed. If today his status is lifted, the question is no longer whether Berisha can return. The question is whether the Democratic Party and Albanian politics are ready for the post-Berisha era.
Meanwhile, Albania hosts millions of tourists a year, who spend much more on small businesses, such as bars, restaurants, stalls, fast-food, rentals, taxis, markets and guides. A closed resort like this one of Rama's lovers can make a lot of dollars, but it keeps all the money within its walls and then takes the profit across the ocean, to the economy of another country.
Enea today has become something greater than himself. He has become a symbol, living proof that service to one's homeland and people has a price, and that there are men and women who are ready to pay that price.
The protest in Zvërnec highlighted a deep-seated problem of the Albanian media: the lack of reporting on events of high public interest. In this opinion piece, Lutfi Dervishi argues that the silence of many media outlets in the face of the protest damages their credibility and increasingly pushes citizens away from social networks as a source of information. According to him, the media risks losing its public role when it chooses not to report reality.
As political parties negotiate changes to electoral thresholds, coalitions, and political financing, experts warn that electoral reform is being used to control electoral competition rather than strengthen democratic standards.
How the tourist marina project was transformed into a construction complex financed by Albanian citizens and buyers, while the risks and losses remain public.
After Erion Velija's last performance, those who suffered most emotionally from the attacks against Robert Ndrenika were more or less those who are suffering...
I have never followed Monika Kryemadhi publicly. Not when she talked about the standard that surrounded her on Sundays with champagne and parties with...
The argument that broadcasting "will turn the trial into a circus" is somewhat outdated. A circus becomes when information flows in bits and pieces, when the narrative is built on half-truths, fabrications, slander.