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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gestures as he speaks into two microphones, Belgrade, Serbia, September 1, 2022
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Edi Rama

Edi Rama is an Albanian politician. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005 and prime minister of the country since 2013.

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Albanian lek banknotes in a counting machine, Albania, October 22, 2024

Can Albania really become a cashless economy?

Can Albania really become a cashless economy?

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama recently announced that he wants to make Albania cash-free by 2030.
BusinessSeptember 1, 2025
A group of people stand in a semi-circle in the sunshine holding up sheets of white paper with slogans on them. In the background is a blue-and white building. In front of the group are two empty chairs. The blue sky is cloudless. Tirana, Albania, August 11, 2025

Protests after closure of news channel premises in Tirana

Protests after closure of news channel premises in Tirana

Albanian TV channel News 24 went off air during a police operation. Journalists call it an attack on free media.
MediaAugust 12, 2025
Prime Minister Edi Rama, dressed in a black cap and a black sweater with a yellow star on a blue-black-and-red background, waves to supporters during the opening rally of his party's campaign for the May 11 general election, Tirana, Albania, April 12. An Albanian flag flies in the background

Why Albania's election is a critical test for EU membership

Why Albania's election is a critical test for EU membership

Albania elects a new parliament on Sunday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama seeking an historic fourth term.
PoliticsMay 9, 2025
A protester rests a placard on his shoulder as he walks past a police cordon during an evening protest against the ban on TikTok in front of the prime minister's office in Tirana, Albania, March 15, 2025

Protest in Tirana at Albanian government's TikTok ban

Protest in Tirana at Albanian government's TikTok ban

Young people on Saturday protested the Albanian government's ban on TikTok for a year. What's behind the shutdown?
PoliticsMarch 17, 2025
Aerial view of the Bektashi World Center in Tirana, Albania, April 23, 2024. In the middle, surrounded by trees, columns and decorative paving, is a domed, decorated, octagonal building with columns. In the background are buildings

Albania to set up Sufi Muslim Bektashi microstate

Albania to set up Sufi Muslim Bektashi microstate

Albania plans to establish a sovereign microstate for an Islamic Sufi order, the Shia Bektashi Muslims in Tirana.
ReligionSeptember 24, 2024
Ethnic Greek Albanian politician Fredi Beleri sits at a table on a terrace

Jailed ethnic Greek Albanian seeks to become Greek MEP

Jailed ethnic Greek Albanian seeks to become Greek MEP

Greece's ruling party has put a jailed mayor-elect from Albania's Greek minority on its list for the EU elections.
PoliticsMay 31, 2024
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Former Albanian PM Sali Berisha holds up his right hand as he speaks outside. A camera can be seen in the background. Tirana, Albania, December 14, 2023

Albania: Fight against high-level corruption gains traction

Does the house arrest of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha mark the end of impunity for high-level corruption?
PoliticsJanuary 4, 2024
Green and red smoke fills the chamber of Albania's parliament while a line of security guards stands behind a barricade of chairs separating lawmakers and the government, Tirana, Albania, November 20, 2023

Albania: Why were there smoke bombs in parliament this week?

A government with seemingly unlimited power and a weak and divided opposition are destabilizing Albanian politics.
PoliticsNovember 23, 2023
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