VOTE-BUYING WIRETAPS
“BILD” REVEALS THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PS OFFICIALS: 40 THOUSAND LEK FOR ONE VOTE, 100 THOUSAND FOR THE ONE WHO HAS THREE
Edi Rama’s phone call: Was the target reached?
Pierin Ndreu: The school principal must openly declare the vote for PS, otherwise he flies
Damian Gjiknuri, to the PS representative, Arben Keshi: I will send you some troublesome guys
“BILD” REVEALS THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PS OFFICIALS: 40 THOUSAND LEK FOR ONE VOTE, 100 THOUSAND FOR THE ONE WHO HAS THREE
VOTE-BUYING WIRETAPS
Edi Rama’s phone call: Was the target reached?
• Pierin Ndreu: The school principal must openly declare the vote for PS, otherwise he flies
• Damian Gjiknuri, to the PS representative, Arben Keshi: I will send you some troublesome guys
Since the 2013 parliamentary elections, accusations of links between politics and crime and of criminal groups’ involvement in elections have been a dominant part of the political debate in Albania. File 184, the one on vote manipulation in Dibër, has been the “hot potato”, while 16 audio wiretaps have been published by the German newspaper Bild, in which ...
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(In photo:) Arben Keshi, director at the Ministry of the Interior. The wiretaps published by “Bild”. Prime Minister Edi Rama
RAMA TO THE JOURNALIST: I WILL SUE YOU. THE REPLY: DID YOU INSULT YOUR HIGHNESS?
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LOBBYING IN THE USA
Prosecutor’s Office: Basha will be escorted by force. PD leader: Make the facts public
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Today’s Opinion
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), the 1934 Nobel Prize winner for literature, author of many novellas (some of which were staged) and poems, in 1917 wrote ...
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The truths of Albanian politics, Pirandello’s drama
By SHEZAI RROKAJ
The truths of Albanian politics, Pirandello’s drama
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Today’s Opinion
The revelation of the wiretaps about vote theft in Dibër, and the evidence of the slaughter in Durrës, shows that Albania has experienced a real electoral massacre ...
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Read “Bild” and march toward June 30
By ANDI BUSHATI
Read “Bild” and march toward June 30
INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE
PS begins the official procedure to dismiss Meta in parliament
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UNIVERSITY
“Luarasi” lays the foundations for cooperation with the “WBF” organization
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Durrës, slaughter of the trees, 4 apartment blocks “closed off”
The green crown in the area of the Zog Villa is destroyed, worried residents: Erosion is threatened
Jola Hysaj: There are seismological problems, the foundations of the current houses may be damaged
The green crown in the area of the Zog Villa is destroyed, worried residents: Erosion is threatened
Durrës, slaughter of the trees, 4 apartment blocks “closed off”
Jola Hysaj: There are seismological problems, the foundations of the current houses may be damaged
By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ
DURRËS - The green crown of Durrës, or the lungs of the seaside city in Kodër-Vilë, in Durrës, has been being destroyed in recent days. Considered a high seismic-risk area because of erosion and massive land slides, construction in this area has been suspended for decades, as has the cutting of trees. Trees planted 70 years ago in voluntary work to prevent erosion are being cut down by a construction company that has received permission to build four apartment blocks, right on top of the hill. Residents have reacted by protesting against the destruction being inflicted on their neighborhood. Initially they began a legal battle and the Court of First Instance issued a ruling as a security measure ...
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OPINION
Kujtim Drishti: Civil society is our only hope
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