Court releases four protesters that throw molotov towards Prime Minister’s Office
Tirana Court released this Friday all the protesters arrested for the chaos created during the opposition protest on February 20. The four protesters were release with the security measure ‘Submission Obligation’. They were arrested immediately after the end of the protest for throwing Molotov cocktails in front of the Prime …
TNT explosion in Shkoder
An explosion happen the city of Shkodra in the early hours of the morning. A quantity of explosives was placed on an Audi vehicle parked in the parking lot of a supermarket near the Migjeni Theater in Shkoder around 04:20. As a result of the strong explosion, the vehicle was …
Shock in Durres, a 19 year old girl kills her father and buries him in the house
A shocking event happened in Durrës. After 10 days of research and investigation, the murder of a 50-year-old man was revealed. According to information from the Durrës Police, initially the family members filed a police report declaring the 50-year-old missing. But then the police found the dead body of 50-year-old …
Protocol for immigrants/ The Assembly votes on the Albania-Italy agreement
With 77 votes in favor, none against and no abstentions, the Parliament of Albania voted on Thursday the protocol agreement for immigrants Albania-Italy. The agreement for immigrants was finalized on November 6 in Rome by the prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and the prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni. …
Criminal amnesty expires, the draft will not be filed to the commission
Referring to the regulation of the Assembly, the draft is not returned to the Laws Committee. The fact that we withdrew it from the agenda means that consensus will traditionally be found in this room. During these two days, I have heard a lot of charlatan lawyers and lawyers, who …
The British ambassador, Alastair King-Smith meeting with SPAK prosecutors
British Ambassador Alastair King-Smith went today to the premises of the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime. The British ambassador has held a meeting with SPAK prosecutors. As can be seen from the images, at the end of the meeting, the British ambassador left the premises of SPAK, without …
Fight against organized crime/ SPAK signed a memorandum of understanding with NCA
The head of the Special Prosecution, Altin Dumani, has signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding with the Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA), Graeme Biggar, of the United Kingdom. This memorandum marks another important step of SPAK, towards strengthening the fight against corruption and organized crime inside …
In show of unity, Albanian opposition holds massive anti-government rally as PM’s rule shows cracks
TIRANA, Feb. 22, 2024 – With a sea of people filling Tirana’s main boulevard, Albania’s opposition has held its largest protest rally in months in a show of strength and unity, following the merger of two factions of the main center-right Democratic Party into one. DP and allied smaller political …
Albania- Italy migrant deal/ The Assembly is expected to vote on Thursday
After the Constitutional Court gave the green light to the agreement between Albania and Italy for immigrants, on Thursday, it is expected to vote and ratify it in the Parliament of Albania. In the agenda of the Assembly, the protocol for immigrants with Italy has been included in the agenda …
Minister Manja: There is no amnesty for the crimes being investigated from the Special Court
The Minister of Justice Ulsi Manja said that the draft law on criminal amnesty has caused confusion and caused inappropriate messages to be sent regarding this issue. Manja said that clearly there will be no amnesty for any of the crimes that are being investigated and judged in the Special …
10 kilograms of narcotics are seized in Korça. Two people have been put in handcuffs. The narcotic substance of the cannabis sativa type was found in a vehicle during a check on the Korçë-Voskopojë road axis. The police have detained the driver of the vehicle and another person traveling with …
Two Albanians convicted in the United Kingdom and Greece have been extradited to Albania. From the United Kingdom, 34-year-old Donald Hoxha was extradited, for whom the Court of Elbasan, with the decision dated 21.01.2024, assigned the security measure “Arrest in prison”, for the criminal offenses “Premeditated murder” and “Illegal Possession …
The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPAK) has closed the investigation into Agim Loci, who is accused of election corruption. According to SPAK, Loci has given a monetary sum of up to 10,000 ALL to vote in favor of his daughter, who competed in the May 14 elections, on the list of …
Albania’s parliament, under the control of the Socialist Party, has overturned a decision made by the Constitutional Court that would see to the expulsion of MP Olta Xhaçka from parliament. Xhaçka is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as the Minister of Defence, and is seen as a …
When the newly elected European Parliament convenes this year on July 16 there will be an empty seat in the plenary hall within the Louise Weiss building in Strasbourg. Fredi Beleri, a dual Albanian and Greek national, who will surely be elected on the ticket of Greece’s ruling party, cannot …
The implementation of the criminal amnesty began this Wednesday. The Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, after a visit to the Rrogozhina prison, declared that about 800 convicts will benefit. Manja clarified that no senior official, who has been convicted by GJKKO, benefits from the criminal amnesty. According to Manja, from …
This Wednesday, the implementation of the criminal amnesty began. The number of convicts who benefit is 1100, of which 700 will be released immediately, while another 400 will benefit from a reduced sentence. In the Reçi prison, the beneficiaries are 150 convicts, among them the mayor of Lezha, Frran Frokaj. …
The implementation of the criminal amnesty begins this Wednesday. It was learned from IEVP Reç in Malësi i Madhe that about 150 convicts will benefit from the amnesty. There are about 700 prisoners in Reçi prison. Meanwhile, 150 people in IEVP Fier benefit from the amnesty. There are about 800 …
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Shkodër as part of the police operation codenamed “Temple 2”. His arrest was carried out after on April 22, 2024, the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Shkoder assigned the security measure “Arrest in prison”, for the criminal offense “Production and …
Two people were arrested in a bar in Laç, after placing sports bets with mobile phones. A 34-year-old man and a 41-year-old man were arrested. As material evidence, 2 mobile phones of these citizens were seized. The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of First …