In response to charges filed by the Democratic Party (PD) against Minister of Health Ilir Beqaj for abuse of office over the concession for free healthcare check-ups, the Prosecution of Tirana has ...

The Court of Tirana has acquitted journalist, director, and activist Artan Rama in a lawsuit filed by construction company Edil Al-It for slander. In a Facebook post following the verdict, Rama ...

Kosovo government announced it adopted the Magnitsky Act to penalize human rights abusers, in line with the US practice since 2012. The news was announced on Twitter by Foreign Minister Behgjet ...

During a first informal meeting with journalists today, the chief of the International Monitoring Mission (ONM) Genoveva Ruiz Calavera made her first public appearance in Albania, commenting on the ...

Scattered throughout the mountains and villages of northern Albania are distinctive stone homes (known as kullë/kulla) that, in many ways, resemble miniature fortresses. Some have been abandoned and ...

The Municipal Council of Tirana is expected to approve on Wednesday a €60 million scheme to give out concessions for the construction of schools in Tirana. Under the cover of the public outrage about ...

The OSCE has taken a step back following the Albanian ruling Socialist Party’s insistence to pass two media laws that are widely considered as infringing upon media freedom in the country. Only a few ...

Armored vehicles of the Albanian military have been patrolling empty streets of Tirana to enforce the 40-hour-long curfew imposed by the government throughout the ...

Ignoring the High Prosecutorial Council's (KLP) warning yesterday that "public declarations" of the government concerning judiciary processes "could prejudice [their] progress and conclusion," Prime ...

The Albanian Helsinki Committee has asked that the government close down the Zaharia psychiatric prison near Kruja, due to overcrowding, staff shortages and a lack of ability to provide the necessary ...

The Kanun is a collection of customary laws that governed all aspects of life in the mountains of northern Albania for centuries and is still ingrained in the psyche of many people who live there ...

Yesterday the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) presented in Brussels the 2017 edition of the Balkan Barometer, "an annual survey of citizens and business communities’ opinion on the situation in the ...