Opinion of the Day After about a month of protests over the Unaza e Re project, residents seem to be starting to be persuaded to allow the demolition of more than 300 buildings where they have lived for... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI The bulldozers of Unaza e Re and Albania’s development
Opinion of the Day There was a time when students were given, every summer holiday, a list of books to read. The generation that recalls this summer ritual with no small amount of nostalgia, with... Continues on page 20 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI “For reading during August”
Opinion of the Day There was a time in the late ’90s and the beginning of the new millennium, when the OSCE was seen in Albania as a kind of supreme operational directorate for solving... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Not every sack of rubbish should be thrown into the yard of SPAK Continu
Opinion of the Day If you want a perfect situation of chaos and collective suicide within a large political party, imagine the following: the Chairman has just come out... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI The loss won! Continued on page 21
Opinion of the Day By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Usually the phrase “we need not less, but more Europe” is now a cliché that has tired the ears of many inhabitants of this continent. The common project... More Europe in the Balkans (and in Tirana) Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day It seems today’s opposition has decided to deal with everything except the real crisis it has inside itself. They invent and concoct all kinds of debates... Continues on page 18 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI You need a priest, not a federation
There is a thirty-year liturgy in Albanian politics, which has ruled unchallenged since 1991. A liturgy that says that when it comes to... Continued on page 18 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI/ A call made 30 years too late
Opinion of the Day Not even the decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in London, a real court that deals with appeals, has been enough... Continues on page 21 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI In the church-party there is no place for British courts
Opinion of the Day On the morning of 22 January, by the grave, all of Albania had already learned of the tragedy that had taken place at the doors of the government building in Tirana... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Everyone guilty before 21 January Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day It would be hard to find more Europeans furrowing their brows among themselves over a negative decision on Albania and North Macedonia than on Friday ... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI “The Silent Saboteur” and Albanian premature boredom Continues on page 21
By SKËNDER MINXHOZI To sneak in through the window, those who went out through the door
Opinion of the Day It took only a list of 22 arrest warrants issued by the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime in connection with file ‘339’ for the theft... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI “The normalization” of file “339” Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day Even today in the Democratic Party, the year 2005 is seen as a magical moment that brought what was thought impossible: power and governing.... Continues on page 18 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI About the shepherd or about the platform
Opinion of the Day By SKËNDER MINXHOZI There is something new in the last few hours that has shaken the ranks of the opposition. Something, to be more precise. It has nothing to do with the now tired speeches of the alley... Continues on page 19 Toward an opposition candidate for
Opinion Of the Day When SARS broke out 17 years ago, social networks did not exist. There were mobile phones, there was the internet, but there was no verbal democracy ... Continues on page 21 By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Epidemic or infodemic?
Opinion of the Day The opening ceremony resembled a giant passenger station. People who, after leaving their personal belongings lined up in squares, come closer to listen... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Covid rallies, as a symptom of a lack of spirit Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day There was a time in the late ’90s and the beginning of the new millennium, when OSCE in Albania often acted as a kind of supreme operational directorate for solving... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Not every sack of garbage should be thrown into SPAK’s yard Continues on
Opinion of the Day On the night of 21 January 2011, as the prosecutor’s office moved cautiously to inspect the Prime Minister’s Office to secure the first material evidence of the state crime that had just occurred... By SKËNDER MINXHOZI Strasbourg reopened the 21 January case Co
Today’s Opinion By SKËNDER MINXHOZI For three decades Albanian politics has created its untouchables. Political parties, politicians and their relatives, all with unlimited immunity... The second blow Continues on page 18
Opinion of the Day By SKËNDER MINXHOZI For three decades Albanian politics has created its untouchables. Political parties, politicians and their relatives, all with unlimited immunity... Continues on page 18 The second blow