MEDIU-DUKA: IGLI CARA, FAR AHEAD IN POLLS. SAKO, LOW PROFILE
PR leader: Cara, a candidate with resilience. Change is important. PA chief: Durrës management needs to be changed
OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVES: THE RESILIENT CANDIDATE UNITES THE OPPOSITION IN DURRËS
(In photo) Republican Party leader Fatmir Mediu. Agrarian Environmentalist Party leader Agron Duka
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May 14 elections, Ngjela: There is no election campaign, because there are no ideas. The SP is mocking its opponents
“Oppositional rhetoric has been eliminated”
May 14 elections,
Ngjela: There is no election campaign, because there are no ideas. The SP is mocking its opponents
“The lawyer” on “News 24”: The SP has put out a photo that is not in line with Western political morals
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MURDER OF THE BUSINESSMAN
“How was he? Fine,” testimonies reveal: He had a northern accent, was about 190 cm tall, I couldn’t make out his face
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FORMER HEAD OF THE CEC
Balluku will monitor socialists so they do not use the administration, Kume: Unfathomable
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The World Bank “overturns” the Territorial Reform approved in 2014
“It worsened public services in rural areas”
The decentralization reform in 2014 transferred responsibility for providing public services from the central government to local administrations.
The decentralization reform in 2014 transferred responsibility for providing public services from the central government to local authorities. Initially the spirit of this reform was positive, but its implementation was flawed, as it resulted in deficient public services in areas with great needs, the World Bank analyses in its new cooperation document with Albania 2023-2027. After the decentralization reform, which reduced...
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DATA
Employment rate, Tirana, Dibra and Lezha weaker, Berat and Korça more active
Employment rate,
Tirana, Dibra and
Lezha weaker, Berat
and Korça more active
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DECISIONS 1993–2013
Property, 3,876 files with owners who will be compensated, how much money each receives
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The call of imam Vladimir Kera on “Panorama TV”: The opening of betting shops is a degradation for society
“LET US NOT DESTROY YOUTH WITH OUR OWN HANDS”
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Today’s Opinion
By AGO NEZHA
At a ceremony held at the Agricultural University to award the title of “Emeritus” to academician Professor Skënder Sinar, who lives in Switzerland...
A minister in a Western country considers it an honor to meet a professor; in Albania, a minister cannot even meet a professor
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Today’s Opinion
By FATOS ÇOÇOLI
According to data from the Bank of Albania, for the January-February 2023 period, the profit of the 11 second-tier banks in our country increased by 28 percent ...
When the banks are well, we are all well!
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