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Albania: Thousands of citizens took to the streets of Tirana demanding PM Rama’s resignation
Albanian opposition protesters threw Molotov cocktails and stones at government building – Rama was on a official visit to Turkey
“Shame on you, we have a dictatorship” – The Greek minority in Albania are angry after the court’s decision on Beleris (video)
Dozens of member of the ethnic Greek minority of Albania gathered outside the court that denied the mayor-elect to swear-in: “The court decision was orchestrated by Rama”
Rama made a purge in his cabinet
Among others, he dismissed the head of diplomacy, Olta Xhacka, the Albanian Post reports.
Rama asked the President of Albania, Bajram Begaj, to pass a decree on this matter, and it was announced that he will present the changes to Begaj today.
Olta Daka will no longer be the Minister of European and Foreign Affairs and Igli Hasani will be appointed to that position.
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Albin Kurti made the decision
According to "Reporters", his deputy Besnik Bislimi will go in his place.
An informal meeting of regional leaders is being held in Tirana, which is attended by European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi.
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Kurti and Rama – drama?
However, he added that he does not agree with the policy Kurti has been leading lately, which caused the so-called Kosovo to be isolated.
Rama said that he has a very good personal relationship with Kurti, but that he does not agree with his policy that he has been leading lately, that is, with the "self-isolation" imposed by the so-called Kosovo.
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Mayor’s case thorn in Athens-Tirana relations
The message from Athens to Tirana in Greek Ambassador Konstantina Kamitsi's statements to the Albanian press by was clear: The ongoing detainment of the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himare in Albania will be a thorn in the side of Greek-Albanian relations for some time to come.
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Edi Rama reacted: "Listen, Pristina..."
"It's not an appeal, but a necessity," Rama wrote on Twitter last night.
He added that he considers the "blind aggressors" directly responsible for the injuries of the KFOR soldiers.
"Unfortunately, this harms Kosovo in the eyes of its irreplaceable allies and friends. The longer this dangerous and unnecessary conflict lasts, the more it harms Kosovo," said Rama.
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One request in the Council of Europe did not go through
As Elvira Kova, a member of the delegation of the Serbian Assembly to the Council of Europe and vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE, said, at yesterday's session of the PSSE Bureau, it was decided to create only information about Albania's initiative.
Albania Economists Slate PM’s ‘New Salaries’ Pledge as ‘Unrealistic’
PM Rama's promise to hike wages, starting in the public sector, has been deemed totally unrealistic by a range of economic experts.
Albania to Honour Heroes Who Saved Jews from Holocaust
During the event, Rama said: "It is another very important moment in Tirana's history, urban development, and architecture, and I believe we will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief from a long-standing burden of obligation in relation to our children and visitors to our country, related to perhaps the most glorious page of Albanian history, the rescue of Jews during World War II."