Ilir Meta

Albanian ex-president Meta held on corruption charges

Former Albanian President Ilir Meta has been detained by police over corruption allegations, his lawyer said, calling the arrest politically motivated. Meta, 55, who was president from 2017-2022 and now…

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Albania’s highest court revokes lawmakers’ decision to sack president

Albania’s constitutional court has revoked parliament's vote to sack President Ilir Meta for allegedly advocating violence and violating the constitution. In June, some 104 lawmakers in the 140-seat parliament, mainly…

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Win for Albanian Socialists in municipal elections

Preliminary results show that Albania’s ruling Socialist Party won all but two districts in last weekend’s municipal elections that were boycotted by the opposition. Counting on the website of…

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Tension as Albania goes to the polls

Albania is set for an election like no other since emerging from half a century of communism in 1990. Prime Minister Edi Rama has campaigned hard for Sunday's local…

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Pressure continues on the government of Albanian Prime Minister Rama to quit, local elections cancelled

The streets of Tirana were once more paralyzed Sunday as Albanian opposition leader Lulzim Basha again brought thousands of his supporters onto the streets of the Albanian capital in his…

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