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Police releases information on polling stations

State Police has underlined this Sunday that no problems have been encountered by the officers regarding the condition of polling stations and electoral materials. In an announcement, the law enforcement underlined that employees who vacated the polling stations premises have been relocated to the temporary police stations approved by the …

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Albania’s elections/ Problems with some electronic devices

Albania votes today for 61 mayors. In 3 important municipalities, not only identification, but also voting and vote counting, will be electronic, we are talking about the municipalities of Kamez, Vore and Elbasan. Elbasani and Kamza apply this process for the first time, while Vora has repeated experience, having done …

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Fushe-Kruja, unidentified person throw opposition commissioner out of polling center

An incident has been recorded this Sunday in the voting center 1302/1 in the city of Fushë-Kruja. According to the police, unidentified persons entered this polling center and removed the opposition commissioner, Ilir Hyka from the premises. The Police Services, immediately after receiving the notification, went to the Voting Center …

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Albanians head to polls to elect mayors, municipal councils 

TIRANA, May 13, 2023 – Albania’s voters will head to polls Sunday to elect mayors and councils for the country’s 61 municipalities in the first competitive administrative elections in eight years. Two groupings have fielded the most mayoral candidates — the ruling Socialist Party of Albania (SPA) and the Together …

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Athens Condemns Alleged Vote-Buying Arrest of Greek Politician in Albania

Police arrested Fredi Beleri, a Greek expatriate mayoral candidate in the southern Albanian municipality of Himara, on suspicion of vote-buying, sparking diplomatic protests from Athens. Original post Here

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Albania, Greece spar over mayoral candidate’s arrest 

TIRANA, May 12, 2023 – Albanian police have arrested the opposition’s candidate for the mayor of Himara on charges of vote buying, leading to a spat between Greek and Albanian authorities over the ethnic Greek party representative’s detention two days before the Albanian municipal elections.  The arrested candidate, Fredi Beleri, …

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Fredi Beleri’s arrest, Dendias calls Rama

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias contacted Prime Minister Edi Rama after the arrest of Fredi Beleri for vote buying. The conversation between them comes after the Greek ambassador in Tirana, Konstantina Kamitsi, following Dendia’s instructions, held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sources told ABC News that the …

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The arrest of Fredi Beleri, the Greek ambassador emergency meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Greek ambassador in Tirana, Kostandina Kamitsi, met this morning with the director of the region at the Albanian Foreign Ministry. The Greek diplomat has expressed to the Albanian side her concern about the arrest of Fredi Beleri, the candidate of the “Bashkë Fitojmë” coalition for the municipality of Himara. …

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In Local Polls, Albania’s Socialists Face Opposition in Disarray

Campaign policies are in short supply ahead of Albania’s May 14 local elections, in which the ruling Socialists face a Democratic Party split in two. Original post Here

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The car of the Russian embassy in Tirana crashes, one person dies, another is injured

The police have provide details of the serious accident that happened yesterday evening in the area of ​​Sauk in Tirana, where the vehicle of the Russian embassy was involved. The car collided with the metal road banner, went off the road and then hit the curb. As a result of …