Eastern Bloc

Albania Ruling Party Postpones Controversial Lustration Legislation

Sigurimi files in an exhibition in Tirana. Photo: LSA.

MPs from the governing Socialist Party on Monday decided to postpone approval of changes in two laws intended to ban people from running for parliament who collaborated with the Communist-era Sigurimi secret service after an intervention by the EU's ambassador to Tirana.

Albania to Start Searching for Remains of Communist Camp Victims

Albania's Authority on Access to Information of the Sigurimi Files, the Communist-era political police, on Friday said it is preparing the way for an "administrative" investigation to find out what happened to some 44 people who were executed or died while imprisoned in the infamous labour camp at Spac.

Albania Exhibition Puts Communist Secret Police Files on Display

An exhibition entitled 'Tirana in the Eyes of the Sigurimi' was held at the Palace of Congresses in the capital on Thursday, illustrating how people in the Albanian capital were spied upon and persecuted under the Communist regime that ruled the country until the early 1990s.

More than 20 000 Young People will Receive Free Travel Tickets to the EU

18-year-olds are set to receive a travel pass under the fourth and latest round of DiscoverEU, which attracted some 75,000 applications from across Europe. These young Europeans, selected on the basis of established award criteria and specific Member State quotas, can travel between 1 April and 31 October 2020 for up to 30 days.

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