Tag: Parliament
Parliament suspends six opposition MPs for 60 days, warns 14 others
TIRANA, Oct. 23 /ATA/ - Parliament’s Ethics Secretariat has approved a request by the ruling Socialist Party lawmakers to suspend six Democratic Party (DP)...
Parliament passes bills despite opposition disruptions and clashes
TIRANA, October 22 /ATSH/ –Parliament passed today's scheduled bills amidst chaos, as opposition lawmakers blocked the podium and overturned chairs to disrupt the session.
Following...
Student protest: Police erect metal barriers around Parliament
TIRANA, October 22 /ATSH/ – A heavy police presence has secured the area around Parliament as student-led protests enter their tenth consecutive day.
To maintain...
Parliament halted: Democratic Party rostrum blockade demands a political solution
TIRANA, October 22 /ATSH/ –The plenary session opened in a climate of tension as opposition lawmakers occupied the Parliamentary rostrum.
Democratic Party MP Flamur Noka,...
Protesting youth hurled stones at Parliament and 3 ministry buildings, sparking...
TIRANA, October 15 /ATSH/ Following a clash with the police on Durrës Street—where the Ministry of Education is located—the students headed toward the Parliament...
DP is calling for self-dissolution of Parliament and establishment of a...
TIRANA, October 15 /ATSH/ – The Parliamentary group of the Democratic Party (DP) strongly condemned today the violence against protesting students, while expressing support...
Rama: Albania’s territorial reform vote marked a major step toward modernization
TIRANA, October 9 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama reacted today following the Parliament's approval of the draft law "On the administrative-territorial division of...
Berisha accuses government of political retaliation over new territorial reform
TIRANA, Oct. 8 /ATA/ - Main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Sali Berisha accused the governing majority on Thursday of eliminating municipalities and local...
Berisha: On Territorial Reform, people will decide in referendum and we...
TIRANA, October 8 /ATA/ – Democratic Party Chairman Sali Berisha rejected Parliament’s current territorial reform draft today, demanding instead that the issue be put...
Tensions flare outside Parliament: Trash bins set ablaze in territorial map...
TIRANA, October 8 /ATA/ – The citizens gathered in protest today outside the Parliament over the Socialist Party's controversial territorial reorganization bill.
The protest was...
