Begaj also issued a decree dismissing Sala from the post, which she had held since September 2025.

Parliament is expected to vote on Spahiu’s appointment later on Tuesday. She must then take the oath of office before the president before formally assuming her duties.

Prime Minister Edi Rama nominated Spahiu for the position several days ago, following Sala’s resignation.

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BKH, modeled after the FBI, serves as SPAK’s investigative arm and plays a central role in high-profile corruption and organized crime cases.

The five-year term of BKH’s current chief Aida Hajnaj, appointed to the post in September 2020, is approaching the end. She was the first to serve as head of the institution with the right to seek reelection.

The replacement process should complete before Hajnaj’s term ends in August and the candidates should submit required documents within May 7.

SPAK has called for applications, stating that the candidates must meet high integrity standards and have no political or intelligence ties.

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In his remarks, Interior Minister Hoxha said that Proda’s appointment opened a new chapter in the efforts of the police organization to grow and develop professionally, as well as to enhance institutional mindset.

Interior Minister said that an official ceremony will take place after a competition process for the new State Police officials completes according to the procedures.

Hoxha voiced confidence that ‘the new police chief would bring a new and different dynamic to the police structures,” adding that the ongoing process aimed at reforming leading police structures to meet EU standards and enhancing performance of the police force.

Ilir Proda, current head of police in the central city of Elbasan, was chosen from a shortlist of five candidates to take up the role of the Director General of the State Police.

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Addressing the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovevia, the EC President stated that enlargement is an investment in Europe’s collective strength and security.

Von der Leyen noted enlargement has returned to the top of the EU’s political agenda during her first term at the European Commission.

“I want our work to speed up even more. In the next Commission, enlargement must be a full-time job that allows undivided attention. This is why I will appoint a dedicated Commissioner for Enlargement,” she said.

However, EC President underlined that reforms will determine also the time when Western Balkan countries will join the European Union.

She also commented on the Russian influence in the region.

“The current Russian leadership, living in the past, refuses to accept this simple reality. Whenever there is progress towards reconciliation and regional integration in the Western Balkans, the Kremlin tries to stir up old conflicts. Russia is constantly at work to sow division – inside the Western Balkans and between the Western Balkans and the rest of Europe,” Von der Leyen said.

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Maqedonci personally confirmed the new in a post on the social media, saying he had just embarked on a new chapter to further strengthen the country’s army and join the NATO.

Maqedonci, who has previously been an active member of the Kosovo Liberation Army in the Llap Region Operational Zone 25 years ago, said he felt honoured to head the Ministry responsible for the defence policies and further modernization of Kosovo Security Force.

He has spent a decade serving as the commander of the search and rescue battalion within the Kosovo Security Force.

Recently, Maqedonci served as the head of the operations and training department at the General Staff of the Kosovo Security Force.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama presented the change at a meeting with the State Cadastre officials and workers, underlining that time is high for a fresh impetus to embark on a final stage with a different momentum in this process, which should ultimately guarantee complete stability of the property, the relation with the property and the citizens’ relation with the state in terms of the property.

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Hello everyone!

I have called this meeting today to inform you on a management change to State Cadastre Agency, almost a decade after leading the transformation process in this field, although let’s not forget that this process started off with a reform integrating and merging the former Immovable Property Registration Office and Agency for Legalisation, Urbanisation and Integration of Informal Areas and Buildings (ALUIZNI) into one State Cadastre Agency and the outcomes are definitely obvious and tangible. Drawing comparisons would be like day and night. However, it is time now for a fresh impetus and the need to usher in a final stage with a different momentum in this process, which should ultimately guarantee complete stability of the property, the relation with the property and the citizens’ relation with the state in terms of the property.

The basis has been laid for us to move forward faster, namely the technology and the technological processes already underway at the State Cadastre Agency, allowing us to deliver services to citizens without them having to wait in long queues and provide Cadastre services online. However, this cycle is still open as replies regarding certain services still require paperwork and the postal service and more components that are practically part of the problem and not part of the ultimate solution.

The Cadastre Agency is the country’s most important bank. The Cadastre is the bank of the immovable properties and it should act and work as such in all aspects. Therefore, putting an end to direct contacts and eventual alteration of the organizational scheme and, as I already said and I am not here to reiterate a lot of things we have repeatedly stated about what has already changed, but we are here to discuss what has yet to be done and what should be done.

So, not only all the service windows should be shut down, but the entire organizational scheme should also be altered and all the division areas should be eliminated immediately. The scheme should not work based on areas, should not work based on domains of influence.

On the other hand, closer cooperation is needed with the special anti-corruption prosecution office regarding the land ownership certificates. And this hasn’t to directly do with the Cadastre Agency, but it has to do with the efforts to get rid of corrupt individuals and the past corruption practices, dating back to the so-called communes as the property titles have been issued by corrupt officials in the local government, pretending that such titles have been issued since 1991. But of course this is much more complex and it should include other institutions too.

The phenomenon of property titles showing up in already consolidated properties of the investors that are developing them in order to ask for undeserved compensation should no longer be allowed. Intense work is needed to tackle the problems that the institutions face when it comes to the legalization of the properties outside the Law No. 7501 in certain areas across the country, where important steps have been taken forward, but where more concrete and materializing steps are needed and, at the end of the day, the satellite service should become immediately operational, as it has started to produce initial results, and this way the State Cadastre Agency can finally assume a complete technological dimension.

The main problem facing the State Cadastre, like almost every other institution, is the stability and quality of human resources and in this respect the Cadastre should be fortified to stave off any outside influence efforts to prevent outside influences and interventions, because, as I already noted, the Cadastre is the country’s most important bank and therefore nobody should ever think that the Cadastre is a niche for employment, just like that nobody should think about the Cadastre as an employment office, but in this aspect the responsibility is general and primary a political one, with the government definitely being bearing the main responsibility.

Since this is an open communication with the public, I am addressing all public administration employees about courage and fear, because I happen to hear a lot of speculations suggesting that people are scared and they are unwilling to sign. There is no reason for anyone to be scared if they enforce and respect the law.

There is no reason for anyone to shun responsibility, because they are part of the state administration to serve the country, to serve people and make sure that the law is devised to help people.

I am concluding by announcing that a special taskforce will be set up to ensure complete law enforcement and avoid any outside influence and intrusion in the institution’s digital system.  The task force will be established immediately and it will be tasked with cutting the remnants of the past wrongdoing and corruption practices in the offices of the Cadastre in the Republic of Albania.

Serious measures are indispensable in order to get rid of corrupt individuals in this institution and combat the widespread corruption in the State Cadastre throughout the country. The new head of the State Cadastre is tasked with establishing an internal task force to bring corrupt Cadastre officials and workers to justice

We have promised people that their properties are secured and that all the Cadastre services for the properties will be delivered by this Agency and be obtained by citizens without having to leave their homes, but instead just take their mobile phone and have their request approved just via a few clicks.

We can’t tell people that they should have to wait 10 or 20 more years for them to be fully guaranteed that their property won’t be affected by anyone and that they can obtain their property ownership certificate via their smartphones.

This is the message I have to convey and this is the reason behind this change to the Cadastre management. Changes are always made to improve work and they are not designed to deny significant progress that has been made, although there are cases when one has failed to deliver and therefore change is needed, but there are also cases when huge laudable work has been done, yet it is insufficient and fresh impetus, ambition and strength is needed to take things further forward.

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“My warmest congratulations to Michael Linhart on his appointment as Federal Minister for European and International Affairs. I look forward to working closely with the Austrian Foreign Ministry and to strengthen cooperation between Albania and Austria,” Minister Xhaçka said.

Former Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was sworn in as Austria’s new chancellor today, two days after Sebastian Kurz resigned amid a corruption probe.

Meanwhile, Michael Linhart succeeded Alexander Schallenberg as foreign minister.

Schallenberg and Linhart were sworn in today before the country’s president, Alexander ven der Bellen. //a.i/

The decision to appoint Lilo to this post has been published in the Official Gazette.

According to the decision, on the proposal of the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers it was decided the dismissal of Enkelejda Muçaj and the appointment of Brunilda Lilo. Muçaj held the post of the State Attorney General since March 2020.

The State Advocacy is a central institution of public administration, charged exclusively with providing legal assistance.

The purpose of the legal aid provided by the State Advocacy is to represent and defend in court the property interests of the state, to advise central public institutions and public entities, and to mediate in the amicable settlement of conflicts between central administration institutions or public entities. //a.i/

“We welcome the appointment of four new judges of the High Court by President of the Republic of Albania Ilir Meta , following proposal by the High Judicial Council (HJC). It is important now to proceed swiftly to further appointments to the Court. The EU will continue providing full support to HJC to pursue this objective,” EU Ambassador to Albania, Luigi Soreca said.

President Ilir Meta decided to appoint as the judges of the High Court, Albana Boksi, Sandër Simoni, Klodian Kurushi.

Along with the four new appointments, the High Court has seven members, out of a total of 19 members, according to the HJC decision. //a.i/