The preliminary examination was scheduled for tomorrow, but it has been postponed to December 12.

According to the official announcement from the Constitutional Court, the meeting of the Judges will take place on 12.12.2025.

“The postponement was decided due to the complexity of the case, the volume of attached materials, the agenda of the Court, as well as based on the request of some of its members,” the Constitutional Court said.

The Court emphasized that all the decisions that the Meeting of Judges will take will be regularly published on its official website.

The government seeks a resolution of the dispute over competence created between the prime minister and the government, on the one hand, and the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime, on the other hand, regarding the suspension of a member of the government.

The government also requested the annulment of the Court decision to suspend Minister Balluku from office.

The Court has imposed two security measures on Balluku, that of suspension from office and a ban on movement abroad. /m.q/a.f/p.s./

The President’s office said in a release on Monday that the decision on setting the local elections day was made following consultations with political parties and a careful review that fully complies with constitutional and legal requirements.

“Setting this date aims at allowing relevant institutions, namely the Central Elections Commission and other relevant bodies, make full preparations for the process in order to meet highest election administration standards,” the President’s office said in its statement.

The municipal election date provides sufficient time for Central Election Commission and relevant institutions to prepare logistical and technical arrangements according to legal provisions.

President Osmani urged political parties, civil society organizations and the citizens to engage responsibly to ensure an inclusive, fair, and well-administered electoral process.

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During the joint conference with Prime Minister Edi Rama and EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, a country that also holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, was asked if there is another date for opening of the next cluster during the Polish presidency.

Sikorski stated that, ‘This requires unanimity; as you know for example for Ukraine we do not have unanimity. While in regard to Albania, it is going better, the problem with the dates is either you have standards or you have dates, you cannot have both. Let’s do our utmost to accelerate it because the people of freedom belong to the empire and in this case voluntarily”.

Prime Minister Edi Rama on the other hand expressed full confidence that the Polish presidency will continue to push things forward, while adding that it is our dream to be part of the EU in 2030 and for this we need to work tirelessly every day.

“We have full confidence that the Polish presidency will continue to push things forward, taking into account what Marta also mentioned. Our dream is to be part of this union in 2030, so the plan is to end all negotiations in 2027, which is a very short time and we need to work non-stop every day and we need to have more work to do”, said Rama.

“So all the members of the Albanian team who are connected to the cluster 2 are here and I can imagine, they are already under stress because they will have much more to do. But, I want to thank them and all those in the team, because they are working hard and are delivering results so far. We have experience with the EU; you never ask for a date, but you have to always be ready for a date because we are here to appear side by side with the EU”, said Rama. /j.p/p.s./

Speaking to reporters, Celibashi said that the Central Election Commission has requested May 11, 2025, as the date for holding the elections.

“We recommended to the President of the Republic that the election date should be May 11th, although this request may coincide with someone else’s request, but it has no bearing. We do not look at the political agenda, but at the possibility we have in terms of time to prepare for the upcoming elections,” said the head of the CEC.

The Socialist Party has also proposed May 11 for holding of the Parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party in opposition boycotted the consultations with President Bajram Begaj. Head of the Parliamentary group in the DP Gazment Bardhi appreciated consultations with Begaj as a farce, since according to him the date of the elections has been set by Rama-Balla.

The head of state has held consultations with some of the leaders of the Parliamentary parties, during which the 4 representatives of the small parties have proposed May 4 as the election date. /a.f/p.s./

Official sources from the President’s Office said to the Albanian Telegraphic Agency that the meetings will extend several days, starting with the representatives of the smaller parties and ending with the two main political forces in the country.

On Wednesday, the Head of State will receive in his office the leaders of the Republican Party, Unity for Human Rights Party, Party for Justice, Integration and Unity and the Movement for National Development.

On Thursday, the consultations will continue with representatives of the Freedom Party.

Meanwhile, the meetings with the representatives of the two largest parties, the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party, will take place on Monday, December 2. /a.f/p.s./

The Prime Minister’s office officially notified the President of the vacancy created in Himara after nullification of the mandate of the Mayor-elect Dhionisios (Alfred) Petro Beleri and demanded that a date is set for local elections within the deadlines stipulated by the Electoral Code.

After the central election body’s decision earlier today, the Council of Ministers urged the President of the Republic to quickly schedule early elections in Himara.

President Bajram Begaj called the State Elections Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi to consult and learn about CEC’s management capacities and readiness to prepare and allow for a regular conduct of an election campaign.

Following the meeting, President Begaj set August 4, 2024 as the date for the mayoral election sin Himara.

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“If you have not yet invited the girlfriend or boyfriend for a date in the opera house, this is an ideal occasion”, wrote the Opera House in the social media.

On Saint Valentine’s Day, the Opera House will put on stage “Puccini in Love”, a whole evening dedicated to love and passion, with arias and duets from the grand operas of the greatest love stories.

On February 14, there will be performed arias and duets from “Tosca”, “Turandot”, “La Boheme”, “Manon Lescaut”, “Madame Butterfly”, “Il Tabarro”, “Suor Angelica”, “Gianni Schicchi” and “Le Villi”. All are pieces written by one of the most successful composers in Italy and world scale, Giacomo Puccini. He dies 100 years ago and many of the most important houses of the world have dedicated this year to his work./r.e/p.s./

In a reaction on social networks, Celibashi stated that it is in CEC attention to prepare and administer the elections according to international standards.

“The elections for local government bodies on May 14, 2023, will be a welcome democratic development. They have long been in the attention of CEC Albania to prepare and administer them according to recognized and accepted international standards. Professionalism, impartiality, transparency and cooperation with political parties, with the media and civil society, are reconfirmed as fundamental characteristics of the activity of the CEC”, he said./p.s./

The president appreciated the period until the elections as very important for the successful completion of this democratic challenge for the institutions, political parties and the entire Albanian society. He also emphasized that it is high time to demonstrate commitment and institutional cooperation, political maturity and civic responsibility.

President Begaj urged all the parties to go to elections humbly and showing respect for citizens and political opponents.

The Head of State called on the voters not to neglect their civic duty of being well-informed about political alternatives and exercise the right to vote, uninfluenced by interests that violate voting and free will.

Among other things, President Begaj underlined that the Electoral Reform Commission has the obligation to speed up the work and address in time all the issues arising from the recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR report.

President Begaj took the opportunity to highlight the need to establish political normality in the local government and called on the political parties to go to these elections with serious and competitive political alternatives, which focus on the citizen and the best democratic standards. /m.m/j.p/r.e/p.s./

“We all know it as the mosaic of Tirana, but it is much more than that. The new excavations are not only outlining more clearly the Roman villa and all its spaces, but pushing it to the end of the century the dating of the residence in that space”, said Minister Margariti.

“Together with Olsi and Maringleni (Tirana Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage), we were today in the territory where the students of the Faculty of History-Philology of the University of Tirana are digging together with specialists, who are lucky not only to specialize and be provided with certificates, but also to participate in a process important for the history of the city “, stressed the minister.

“We expect that with completion of the excavations and the documentation of the process and the facilities, there will emerge impressive results”, said Minister Margariti. /j.p/p.s./