Corruption charges against a former MP of the ruling Socialist Party represent a case study in the transactional relationship between organised crime and politics in Albania, a relationship with ...

Albania is an increasingly popular tourist destination. In 2022, 7.5m holidaymakers visited the small country, which is home to just 2.8m people, and the numbers have continued to rise, reaching ...

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Under Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Socialist Party, Albania’s government has been bombarding the media with carefully curated PR packages that air as ‘news’. On February 10, TV channels ...

Albania's opposition protests the government's decision to block TikTok for a year, citing censorship before the May 11 elections. The Democratic Party accuses the ruling Socialists of corruption and ...

Albania's opposition politicians set off smoke ... what they said was increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialist party. 'We're trying to bring democracy back': BBC on the ground ...

A protester holds a banner during a rally against the leftwing Socialist Party government's decision to shut down TikTok, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, Mar. 15, 2025. The banner reads ...