Edi Rama

The ruling Socialist Party's parliamentary group officially asked on Monday for the dismissal of Central Election Commission, CEC chairman Klement Zguri, accusing him of not looking into whether to dismissal a mayor who was prosecuted in Italy in a theft case.

On 14 and 15 November 2017, Vice President Iliana Yotova will be on a working visit to the Republic of Albania, reported BGNES.

In Tirana, Iliana Yotova will hold meetings with Albania's President Ilir Meta, Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruçi  and Prime Minister Edi Rama, the head of state's press service has said.

Former Croatian Prime Minister and SDP leader Zoran Milanovic has been working as an adviser to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for a while.

According to the Albanian TV21 broadcaster Rama confirmed this on Thursday during a joint press conference in Tirana with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

Former Croatian Prime Minister and SDP leader Zoran Milanovic has been working as an adviser to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for a while.

MARRAKESH - Despite the political, economic and social challenges it is facing, the Western Balkan region must commit to building good relations, stability and progress, Serbian and Albanian PMs Ana Brnabic and Edi Rama concluded at a conference in Morocco.

Albania on Monday will announce the formation of a special anti-crime task force within the police, which will work on partly secret operations with US FBI agents.

The secretive part of these operations will be shared only with other local and international law enforcement agencies included as partners in the process.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic participated on Friday at the first plenary session of the World Policy Conference (WPC) in Marrakesh, Morocco.

The head of the secret service in Albania, SHISH, Visho Ajazi Lika, has resigned from his position to which he was appointed in August 2012.

The news emerged on Monday after Prime Minister Edi Rama's office said Rama had named SHISH vice director Helidon Bendo to President Ilir Meta as Ajazi's successor.

Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Monday that his ruling Socialist Party majority in parliament will turn down a request from the Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes, which asked for a mandate to arrest former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri.

The chair of the Albanian parliament's Council for Regulations, Mandates, and Immunities, Gramoz Ruci, has postponed to Saturday a decision on the request of Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes to allow the arrest of former Interior Minister and current MP Saimir Tahiri.