Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash
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Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash

NPR  

Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash A court in Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister after he spent nearly a year under house arrest. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A court in the Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister, Sali Berisha. WILLEM MARX, BYLINE: A former cardiologist, Sali Berisha was a leading figure in Albania's independence movement during the late 1980s and early '90s before being elected the new state's second president and the country's first noncommunist leader in more than 50 years. And both men say the country's current long-serving prime minister, Edi Rama, has orchestrated the charges against them as part of a political repression campaign.

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Albanian opposition leader facing corruption charges is released from house arrest
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Albanian opposition leader facing corruption charges is released from house arrest

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian court on Wednesday released from house arrest former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is charged with corruption. The Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, which covers cases involving senior officials and politicians, revoked its order for Berisha’s house arrest, issued almost a year ago, without giving any reason. …

Albania’s ex-Prime Minister Berisha put under house arrest while investigated for corruption
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Albania’s ex-Prime Minister Berisha put under house arrest while investigated for corruption

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — A court in Albania on Saturday ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is being investigated for possible corruption. Judge Irena Gjoka of the First Instance Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime, which covers cases involving senior officials and politicians, granted prosecutors’ request to put Berisha under …

Albania’s parliament lifts the legal immunity of former prime minister Sali Berisha
1 year ago

Albania’s parliament lifts the legal immunity of former prime minister Sali Berisha

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s parliament voted Thursday to lift the legal immunity of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is being probed for possible corruption. The ruling Socialist Party holds 74 of the 140 seats in Albania’s national legislature, and 75 lawmakers agreed to grant a request from prosecutors to strip Berisha of his …

Prosecutors want a former Albanian prime minister under house arrest on corruption charges
1 year ago

Prosecutors want a former Albanian prime minister under house arrest on corruption charges

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian prosecutors on Tuesday asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he did not abide by their previous decision to report regularly while he is being investigated for corruption. Prosecutors of the country’s Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime, which was created in 2019 to handle high-level graft cases, …

Albania’s opposition tries to disrupt a parliament session in protest against ruling Socialists
1 year, 1 month ago

Albania’s opposition tries to disrupt a parliament session in protest against ruling Socialists

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition lawmakers on Thursday caused commotion in Parliament, trying to disrupt a session in protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists. Sali Berisha, leader of one group in the heavily divided center-right Democratic Party, described the melee in parliament as a “temporary strike” and said the Democrats would continue with …

Former Albanian prime minister accused of corruption told to report to prosecutors, stay in country
1 year, 1 month ago

Former Albanian prime minister accused of corruption told to report to prosecutors, stay in country

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian court ruled Thursday that former prime minister Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption, must report to prosecutors and not leave the country while his case is under investigation. Berisha has said that both he and Malltezi are innocent and that he considers the case politically motivated by the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister …

Former Albanian prime minister says he’s charged with corruption and money laundering in land deal
1 year, 2 months ago

Former Albanian prime minister says he’s charged with corruption and money laundering in land deal

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s former prime minister Sali Berisha said Saturday that prosecutors charged him with corruption and money laundering in connection with a land deal involving a Tirana property. The Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime office alleges that Berisha’s son-in-law exploited Berisha’s position as prime minister to privatize land in Tirana owned by the country’s Defense Ministry …

Albanian leader makes conciliatory comments after not being invited by Greece to regional meeting
1 year, 4 months ago

Albanian leader makes conciliatory comments after not being invited by Greece to regional meeting

The Independent  

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Albania is no longer a bad Balkan joke
1 year, 6 months ago

Albania is no longer a bad Balkan joke

The Economist  

L ong THE most benighted and quarrelsome part of Europe, the Balkans may have a new leading light. Most unusually he is the prime minister of Albania, a strapping 58-year-old former basketballer cum modern artist, Edi Rama. Last month his Socialist Party trounced the tattered ragbag of opposition groups to win all but a handful of the country’s 61 mayoralties …

Photos: Anti-government protests grip Albania
2 years, 1 month ago

Photos: Anti-government protests grip Albania

Al Jazeera  

Opposition protesters in Albania scuffled with police on Saturday, November 12 in front of the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama in the capital Tirana, where tens of thousands had gathered to protest against corruption and rising poverty. After demonstrating peacefully for around three hours, protesters broke through the police cordon around the government building and threw red and black …

Albanian PM meets Kosovo ex-leader held on war crime charges
2 years, 7 months ago

Albanian PM meets Kosovo ex-leader held on war crime charges

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister on Tuesday visited Kosovo’s ex-president Hashim Thaci in a prison in The Netherlands, where he is being held pending trial for alleged war crimes. In 2020 Thaci resigned as Kosovo’s president and was flown to The Hague to face charges including war crimes, murder, torture and persecution — all which he has denied. The …

US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption
3 years, 7 months ago

US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — The United States on Wednesday sanctioned former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha for alleged “significant corruption” and barred him and his wife and children from entering the U.S. Berisha, 76, who also served as Albania’s president from 1992 to 1997, is currently a lawmaker representing the opposition Democratic Party. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in …

Albania’s president harshly attacks PM ahead of Sunday polls
3 years, 8 months ago

Albania’s president harshly attacks PM ahead of Sunday polls

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s president waded deep into the country’s parliamentary election campaign Wednesday, accusing the left-wing government of running a “kleptocratic regime” and bungling its pandemic response. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ilir Meta also said he would step down if Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialists — who are leading the main opposition conservatives in opinion polls …

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