Angered by the treatment of a protester at the site of a planned resort linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Albanians are taking to the streets, fuelled by long-standing grievances over the way their country has been run.
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Pelo décimo dia consecutivo, milhares de manifestantes na Albânia seguiram tomando as ruas da capital Tirana e da costa sul nesta terça-feira (09/06) em protesto contra a criação de um resort de luxo que tem ligações com Ivanka Trump, filha do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, e com o marido dela, Jared Kushner. Ignorando […]
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A través de su yerno, Jared Kushner, el grupo Trump (propiedad del presidente de Estados Unidos) sigue avanzando en la construcción de un complejo inmobiliario en una zona protegida de la costa de Albania (Albania vincula a Trump con un gran resort turístico). La noticia ha venido provocando una reacción hostil de la sociedad local […]
Albania will allow construction of a resort planned by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, on a remote coastal area to proceed despite protests dubbed the Flamingo Revolution and its potential environmental impact, Reuters reports. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the Albanian capital Tirana and on the country’s southern coast, […]
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Protests in the Albanian capital Tirana are not uncommon, and the opposition Democratic Party (PD) holds them so often that they can even be considered a peculiar tourist attraction, but the protests in early June are different, writes the British broadcaster BBC. In the protests, which take place in the evenings outside the office of […]
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Donald Trump’s son-in-law is headlining a planned luxury development in Albania’s protected Narta Lagoon, but behind him lies a web of colourful business interests knee-deep in controversy.
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Protests intensify against planned upscale resort in protected area, linked to Trump's son-in-law – which Prime Minister Edi Rama has strongly defended.
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Edi Rama’s public exchanges with Reporters Without Borders, RSF, over its latest Freedom Index are part of a familiar pattern of redirecting attention away from real problems in society, experts say.
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The Democratic Party has barred all rivals to Sali Berisha from its leadership contest this week – cementing his grip on the party but also, critics warn, undermining its credibility.
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Albania has greenlighted construction of a luxury island resort by a company linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law - but under the azure waters lie tonnes of unexploded WWII ordnance.
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For the first time in years, the governing Socialist Party is being savaged from within as Elisa Spiropali – a once close ally of Prime Minister Edi Rama – attacks his ‘heartless machine’.
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Controversial US rapper also known as Ye – who has been banned from the UK and Australia – will hold a concert in Tirana on July 11, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Facebook.
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Ilir Meta denies graft charges as Albania steps up prosecutions of senior political figures.
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Kosovo’s Albin Kurti and Albania’s Edi Rama have distinct and divergent approaches to governing, each with its own set of risks and rewards.
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New legal amendments allowing ‘strategic investors’ to develop port facilities at tourist resorts without competitive tenders represent the latest custom-written legislation brought in by Edi Rama’s government to benefit big business, critics claim.
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Western Balkan leaders are taking diplomatic sides in the US-Israeli war on Iran and the region faces escalating energy prices – with the economic impact likely to be more serious than any potential security risks.
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The prime minister’s moves to shield his deputy from arrest feel like the beginning of the end of an era for Albanians’ hopes that the powerful would finally be held accountable.
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The controversy over Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku has put the spotlight on prosecution efforts to target high-level corruption – but she is only the latest senior politician to face charges.
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Ruling Socialist Party uses its majority in parliament to vote down a prosecution request to lift former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku's immunity, allowing for her arrest.
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Ruling Socialist Party uses its majority in parliament to vote down a prosecution request to lift former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku's immunity, allowing for her arrest.
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Brussels has already gone cold on a scheme to allow some aspirant countries like Albania and Serbia second-tier membership – but that doesn’t mean that other creative approaches to European enlargement are off the table.
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Brussels has already gone cold on a scheme to allow some aspirant countries like Albania and Serbia second-tier membership – but that doesn’t mean that other creative approaches to European enlargement are off the table.
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Journalists' union welcomes ruling that says government-imposed one-year ban on social media platform was a 'violation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press'.
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Journalists' union welcomes ruling that says government-imposed one-year ban on social media platform was a 'violation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press'.
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The criminal charges facing former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku have dominated headlines in Albania for months – prompting her boss, Edi Rama, to pick a fight with the judiciary.
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Ahead of a vote in parliament on Thursday, the ruling Socialists reject a prosecution request to support lifting the immunity of dismissed former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, allowing for her arrest.
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Alleged to have manipulated public tenders, the deputy PM/minister of infrastructure enjoyed Edi Rama’s full support—until she didn’t.
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After months of defending his deputy and Minister of Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku, who faces allegations of manipulating public tenders, Edi Rama finally dismissed her on Thursday night.
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As Milorad Dodik comes in from the cold, Albanians impress on Trump that they have an enemy in common.
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Albania’s huge agricultural sector is seeking to expand into European markets to flourish – but issues over old-fashioned methods, low productivity, banned pesticides and corruption stand in the way.
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