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Fell into a coma after the arrest, the police react to the case of the 27-year-old: We are investigating the causes

The State Police reacted after the serious incident where a 27-year-old man, Jani Rustemaj, fell into a coma after being arrested in Tirana for theft. Rustemaj was arrested on April 13, while on April 14, Rustemaj showed health concerns and after being given quick help, he improved. According to the …

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Construction works on Elbasan-Qafe Thane road to resume in june

Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku has inspected this Tuesday the Elbasan-Qafë Thane road segment, from where she warned that construction works on the second lot of Elbasan-Qafë Thane road segment will resume in June. In her statement, Balluku stated that the bypass of Librazhdi will be an excellent …

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Shkoder, a 51-year old is killed in his own home

Gunshots were recorded a few minutes ago in the city of Shkodra. As a result, it is reported that the citizen, Petrit Vukansi, about 51 years old, died. The event happened in the “Skenderbeg” neighborhood, near the Catholic cemetery. ABC News reporter Simon Shkreli reports that the author killed the …

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Op-Ed: The connection between justice reform and prosperity

By Ambassador YURI KIM* U.S.-Albanian relations are at an all-time high. We are Allies in NATO and partners on the UN Security Council. Albania has emerged as a thriving – even if imperfect – democracy in the Western Balkans.  As we know from our own experience, democracy can never be taken …

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New lead on Kenyan young woman’s murder in Albania

State Police and the Prosecution have recently opened a new investigative lead regarding the death of the Kenyan young girl, Joy Ayoko. According to the local media, the investigators have doubts that the 22-year-old woman, who worked as a croupier in a casino in Tirana, gave information to a player …

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SP’s candidate for May 14th polls introduced in Belsh

Prime minister and Head of the Socialist Party (SP), Edi Rama has introduced this Monday his political force’s candidate of Belsh Municipality, Arif Tafani. In his speech, the Head of Government underlined that Belsh has an extraordinary tourist potential, promising that they will work with concrete projects, in order for …

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The murder of Nikolaj, Harry Simpson was discovered first by police

In a video obtained by ABC News, the Portuguese citizen who killed Nikulaj, Ruben Saraiva, can be seen taking a selfie video with the residents of the area in the city of Shkodra, where he stayed for several days on rent before the murder. He seems to be in the …

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Vanishing Foreign Workers Leave Albania’s Short-Staffed Businesses Frustrated

Importing foreign workers from poor countries sounds like a quick fix for Albania’s labour shortage – but many of them soon disappear to the West. Original post Here

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The new judicial map, 9 courts and the prosecutor’s office “dissolve”

Nine courts and the prosecutor’s office will no longer function starting from today due to the implementation of the second phase of the new judicial map. The Courts of First Instance that are closed are those of Tropoja, Mati, Kurbin, Puka, Kruja, Kavaja, Lushnja, Permet and Pogradec. The first phase …

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A 36-year arrested for trying to smuggle Sri Lanka woman into Montenegro

A 36-year-old man from Sri Lanka has been arrested his Monday by the Police of Shkodra after trying to illegally cross a citizen to Montenegro. According to the police, citizen with the initials J.J., 36 years old, resident in Paris, France, was arrested for the criminal offense of “Assisting in …