February 2019 — Tirana Echo - South East Europe from Tirana

Albanians remember the 28 anniversary of the fall of the communist dictatorship

February 20, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 20 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Albanians remember today the fall of communism as 28 years ago thousands of citizens brought down the statue of former dictator Enver Hoxha, in Tirana’s main square. […]

Albania Crisis – President calls on both sides to reflect and avoid undesired confrontation

February 20, 2019 0

Berlin, Germany | 20 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Albanian President Ilir Meta has called on the country’s political parties to reflect and avoid undesirable confrontations which may occur as a result of a spiraling […]

Albania Crisis – US & EU call on opposition MPs to reject party line to abandon parliamentary mandates

February 19, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 19 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – The United States and the European Union have called on individual opposition MPs to reject their party leadership line which has called on all their members […]

Albania PM defiant over opposition demands for his resignation – insists he has a clear majority in parliament

February 19, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 19 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has refused to bow down to opposition demands for his resignation, saying his clear socialist majority in parliament grants him the […]

Albania – Smaller opposition ally LSI to join DP in quitting their parliamentary mandates

February 19, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 19 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) — The Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) has confirmed it intends to follow its main opposition allies the Democratic Party, in giving up the parliamentary mandates of […]

Montenegro – Anti corruption protests shake the tiny fragile Balkan country

February 19, 2019 0

Podgorica, Montenegro | 19 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Thousands have marched in Montenegro’s capital demanding the resignation of Milo Đukanović and his social-democratic government over corruption allegations, revealing that the pro western small NATO […]

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Albania – Opposition party to quit parliamentary mandates, ahead of upcoming local elections and EU talks

February 18, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 18 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Albania’s main opposition party DP has announced it will resign its 33 parliamentary mandates, asking for a transitory technical government which will take the small Balkan […]

Albania – Opposition MPs threaten to quit parliamentary mandates, further escalating the political crisis

February 18, 2019 0

Tiana, Albania | 18 Feb 2019 – Albania’s main opposition leader has asked his MPs to abandon their parliamentary mandates, following a massive opposition protest which turned violent on Saturday, further escalating the political crisis […]

Tirana Protest Albania Opposition Violent Scaffolding

Albania – Several arrested after opposition protest turns violent, while others are on the run

February 18, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 18 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – 15 people have been arrested while 7 others are on the run following a massive opposition protest on Saturday which turned violent with several supporters attempting […]

Kosovo celebrates 11 years of independence as its people grow increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress

February 18, 2019 0

Prishtina, Kosovo | 18 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Kosovo has celebrated its 11th anniversary of declaring independence from Serbia, as it prepares to strike a controversial deal with Belgrade, which would involve mutual recognition […]

Turkey restores Ottoman era legacies in the Balkans

South East Europe

February 17, 2017 0

Turkey restored a total of 47 historical buildings including mosques, Mevlevi lodges, dervish lodges, shrines, fountains and baths from the Ottoman era, which are all located in the Balkans, between the years 2008 and 2016. […]

Romania’s Government Backs Off in Face of Massive Protests

Romania

February 4, 2017 0

Bucharest – The Prime Minister of Romania Sorin Grindeanu announced late this Saturday that his Government would withdraw proposed changes to the criminal code, in face of hundreds of thousands of Romanians who have been […]

Russian Overtures – Moscow is regaining sway in the Balkans

Op-Ed

February 25, 2017 0

The Economist says that aid, warplanes and propaganda convince Serbs that Russia is their friend as Moscow is slowly regaining sway in the Balkans “HERE are the Russian missiles!” chortles Viacheslav Vlasenko, co-director of the […]