Kosovo Minister of Environment resigns

Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Albena Reshitaj, has offered her resignation to Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Wednesday. Media report that Reshitaj’s resignation came after disagreements within her party AKR headed by Behgjet Pacolli who is first deputy prime minister and foreign minister in Haradinaj’s Government.

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Albanian Law Only Partially Decriminalising Defamation Disappoints Media Groups

New changes to the Albanian criminal code that only partially abolish defamation as an offence have been criticised by media freedom organisations, citing concerns over freedom of speech. Original post Here

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Monday Briefing from the Balkans: January 26, 2026

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Original post Here

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A Case of Theatrical Diplomacy

Tirana Times, January 26, 2026 – Albania’s attempted entry into the Peace Board has become a revealing episode, not because of the significance of the initiative itself, but because of the way Albania’s leadership chose to stage and communicate it domestically. The Peace Board represents a new and ambitious international …