30-year-old prosecuted for attempting to bribe Kakavija border police officers
A 30-year-old man has been criminally prosecuted this Thursday after trying to bribe a Border Police employee in Kakavija. Based on information released by police, the 30-year-old man had put 50 EUR inside his passport so that the police would allow him to cross the border irregularly after he had …
Draft on ministers, MPs’ salary increase in parliament’s agenda
The focus of today’s plenary session in the Assembly will be the discussion and voting of the draft law that provides for the increase in salaries for the public administration, including MPs and ministers. The green light for the wage increase was given by the Economy Commission at Tuesday’s meeting. …
Unemployment has dropped, Rama: We are making a historic increase in wages
Prime Minister Edi Rama estimates that the Albanian economy is growing. In his speech at the plenary session in the Assembly, Rama said that consumption has increased, while unemployment has decreased. According to the head of the government, the government is making a historic increase in salaries. “The simple truth …
Albanian TV Election Coverage Unfairly Favoured Big Parties, Monitoring Shows
Data from media monitoring shows that during the recent local election campaign, TV networks gave little airtime to smaller parties and so violated the legal requirements on balanced reporting. Original post Here
Missing little boy found drowned in Dibra
A 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing on Wednesday evening by his brother, was found drowned in Dibra. According to the police, the minor was found after about two hours of searching in the lake of Shumbat village and is suspected to have accidentally drowned. From the preliminary examination, no …
The juridical police officer is arrested for corruption
Two officers of the Judicial Police in Elbasan are accused of corruption. They, together with another person, have received in some cases from two people, irregular monetary benefits, in monetary amounts as well as other material benefits, to perform actions related to their duty and function. For one of the …
A 30-year old arrested after scamming a friend and a whole family out of 570,000 euros
A fraud scheme similar to those in the movies was used by the former official of the Bank of Albania, Milena Deraj, profiting 570 thousand euros. The 30-year-old woman was arrested for fraud. Deraj was reported to the police by her friend, who had taken the amount of 230,000 euros …
Albania Agrees to Host 200 Albanian Prisoners From UK
Albania says it has agreed to take back 200 prisoners from the UK, which will cover the entire cost of their remaining sentences in Albanian jails. Original post Here
200 Albanian offenders to be sent home from UK cells
200 Albanian prisoners in prisons in England and Wales will return within two years to serve their sentences in Albanian prisons. The news is confirmed by the Minister of Justice in the context of the start of the implementation of the agreement with Great Britain for the transfer of prisoners …
Young man arrested for helping Kavaja shooter escape
Ervis Kurti has been arrested with the charge that he helped his friend Habib Rexha escape the scene after the murder of Arjan Gosa, but denied having any knowledge about what he is being accused of. Kurti was arrested for the criminal offense of “Supporting the author of the crime”, …
Remembering Janusz Bugajski: Scholar, Mentor, and Lifelong Friend of the Balkans Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025) The international academic and analytical community has lost one of its most lucid and principled voices. Janusz Bugajski, the distinguished American analyst of Eurasian and Balkan affairs, passed away on October 18, 2025, at the age …
Organised crime networks are using call centres in Albania to defraud people across Europe, conning them with promises of big profits from scam investments and employing sophisticated social-engineering techniques. Original post Here
The UK’s ambitious agenda for the London summit of the Berlin Process reflects its commitment to the Western Balkans region but also its own domestic priorities, starting with illegal migration. Original post Here
By Marjana Doda, This feature draws on exclusive insights from an interview with Ambassador Tayyar Kagan Atay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tirana. On the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of diplomatic relations, Ambassador Atay reflects on the unique depth of Albanian–Turkish ties—links shaped by shared history …
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Original post Here
The courtroom killing of a judge in Tirana has prompted calls from Albanian judges and prosecutors for authorities to get serious about their ‘almost non-existent’ security. Original post Here
The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Albin Kurti is more than another exchange of political insults. It reflects the fragile state of relations between Albania and …
Hundreds of protesters rallied in the Albanian capital on Friday demanding justice for former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) on trial in The Hague, denouncing the proceedings as an attack on the wartime struggle against Serbian forces. The demonstrators, many waving KLA flags and chanting slogans such as …
Protesters in the Albanian capital expressed anger at the ongoing trial of wartime Kosovo Liberation Army officers at the Specialist Chambers in The Hague, saying the defendants were freedom fighters, not criminals. Original post Here
By Bernd Fischer It is becoming increasingly difficult to justify yet another book dealing with some aspect of World War II. Of all the armed conflicts of past centuries, World War II has engendered the most interest as well as an exhausting amount of written material. The opening of the …