False report by the Ministry of Finance: $50 added to the average salary
While the EBRD reported two months ago that the average salary for public-sector employees is $70 a month, the Albanian government claims it is $120
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Italy: Investing in Albania is not possible
The Italian institute for the protection of credit and Italian investments abroad, SACE, advises businesses to stay away from Albania
SACE points out that Albania has only one counterpart in Europe, namely Serbia, and is ranked alongside Congo, Cambodia, Djibouti, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mozambique, Antigua, Aruba, or countries under communist dictatorship such as Cuba and North Korea
The Meidani Commission, the latest madness
By Edi PALOKA
“The opposition is rejoicing for nothing, because Meidani will also appoint the other members of the CEC,” said Sparuk Braho, the Socialist Party representative in the group of experts, immediately after the resignation of two members appointed by Meidani to the CEC
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Victims of the lack of solidarity
By Shemsi PEPOSHI
A serious incident involving an employee of TV Klan on Tuesday once again brought the public debate about freedom of the press in Albania to the fore
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The government is protecting Azem Hajdari’s killers
Today, 563 days since Azem’s murder
Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of the government of Fatos Nano and his successor in the crime that hangs over this Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which lets the criminals who took the life of the December Leader go free and undisturbed, shows Albanians that it has been and remains on the side of the murderers, who have names and identities but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate this fact under any circumstances. The government must either capture the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.
Meidani pushes the decision toward chaos
The OSCE Ambassador asks Meidani to seek a compromise on the CEC
Ruci: We don’t care about the opposition
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Dajçi: Gjinushi, the electoral Lilliputian
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Strazimiri: We will revive the hope of Albanians
The assembly of young Democrats meets tomorrow. FRPD Chairman speaks
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Sarandë - Democrats dismissed from their jobs. OSCE: These are political purges
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Skrapar - Democratic chairman dismissed with police present
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Rinasi, the open gateway for government trafficking
