All news on the topic: Edi Rama

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Albania spends $4.9 million on Ye concert as anti-government protests intensify
Prime Minister Edi Rama is under fire for deploying $4.9 million from state reserves to bankroll the controversial rapper’s Tirana performance—a move critics label a "bread and circus" plot to drown out weeks of fierce anti-corruption protests over a Jared Kushner-linked resort.
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Lawyer defending Ilir Meta exposed over drug trafficking conviction and mafia links
After 1 year of legal representation for the arrested defendant Ilir Meta, lawyer Kujtim Cakrani has announced the termination of legal representation of his client in the Special Court, because he has lost the client’s trust and cooperation.
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Albania resort scandal deepens as land seller linked to drug trafficking probe
Protests continue in Albania against a luxury hotel development boosted by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son in law. Prosecutors are investigating an individual who sold land for the proposed project.
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How Tirana’s tower boom became the silent pact between Edi Rama and Sali Berisha’s family
If "Zeni" and his "face" son-in-law are so brave, why don’t they sit in the chair of the DP leader themselves to prove their worth.
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Albania’s Deputy PM Belinda Balluku suspended over explosive accusations of rigging multimillion-euro public tenders
Balluku and two subordinates are accused of directing multimillion-euro tenders to predetermined winners.
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Albania to speed up EU accession process with help of ChatGPT
Besides generating weird AI baby versions of European leaders, Albania’s politicians themselves could soon be made of pixels and code.
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Keir Starmer says he is open to processing asylum seekers offshore
PM wants to rethink UK’s immigration policies but did not make progress on returns deal at summit with EU leaders
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Dua Lipa lashes out at 'small-minded' Suella Braverman comments on migrants
The singer, who was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, said Ms Braverman's "invasion" comment during a Commons debate was "hurtful" and called for more "empathy"
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Suella Braverman blasted by Albanian PM over 'disgraceful' migrant comments
Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary