Topalli: “The fall of the CEC is the fall of October 1”
The DP calls for the electoral contest to be repeated where the figures showing manipulation are stubborn
To demand the fall of the CEC without ordering elections to be repeated where manipulation determined the result is just like catching a thief with the stolen goods, punishing him, and keeping the stolen property for yourself
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Terrorist attack near the DP’s central headquarters
The café is blown up just as Berisha was preparing to leave
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The trap the DP will not fall into
By Bardhyl LONDO
After trying the voluntary resignations of the militant commissioners appointed by it, now discredited both at home and abroad as the strong arm behind the manipulation of the October 1 elections, the SP has now announced that it will try the legal route—that of additional amendments to the Constitution—to somehow fix the loathsome mess it cooked up with the Central Election Commission
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From the energy crisis to the great economic collapse
By Sami NEZA
The energy crisis that has hit Albania for several months demonstrates the Albanian government’s inability to manage, as well as its lack of capacity to anticipate and resolve such crises. The lack of energy throughout the country has severely affected all of the country’s economic sectors: factories, production lines, trade, services, and so on
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Fotaqi calls for a referendum
The SP’s charade over the elections and the CEC continues
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The government “gives” us total darkness
KESH shifts from scheduled power cuts to day-long blackouts for Tirana
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Hysen Kazazi passes away
Edi Rama bans tributes to the “Honorary Citizen”
A tribute to the father of folk orthopedics
Edi Rama bans tributes to the “Honorary Citizen”
Hysen Kazazi passes away
A tribute to the father of folk orthopedics
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Tirana: Elections must be repeated
Protests over the vote won the sympathy and support of the West
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Shkodër students protest
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Arbnori: The Meta government is racially prejudiced
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Editor-in-chief Astrit PATOZI
The government under Azem’s killers
Today, 831 days since the murder of the December leader
Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and its unpunished members in the crime that shocked the entire Albanian world. The government must either apprehend the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly resign, as it itself says it committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.
