signatures – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:49:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Election body approves form for signatures seeking referendum on protected areas law https://en.ata.gov.al/2026/08/20/election-body-approves-form-for-signatures-seeking-referendum-on-protected-areas-law/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2026/08/20/election-body-approves-form-for-signatures-seeking-referendum-on-protected-areas-law/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:40:12 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=304135 TIRANA, Aug 20 /ATA/ – Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday approved a standard form for collecting voter signatures in support of a nationwide referendum to repeal amendments made in 2024 to Albania’s law on protected areas.

The CEC said signatures could be collected from the entry into force of its decision until March 31, 2027.

The process will be suspended during the period prohibited under the Electoral Code, from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 2026.

In the same session, the CEC filled vacant seats on five municipal councils across the country, appointing representatives from the Social Democratic Party and the ruling Socialist Party in Pukë, Devoll, Mallakastër, Krujë and Patos.

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]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2026/08/20/election-body-approves-form-for-signatures-seeking-referendum-on-protected-areas-law/feed/ 0 SP lawmaker: Signatures collected to challenge Dick Marty’s report in the Council of Europe https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/04/13/sp-lawmaker-signatures-collected-to-challenge-dick-martys-report-in-the-council-of-europe/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/04/13/sp-lawmaker-signatures-collected-to-challenge-dick-martys-report-in-the-council-of-europe/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:53:53 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=203034 TIRANA, April 13 /ATA/ – Chairman of the Socialist Party’s parliamentary group Taulant Balla stated at parliament’s plenary session on Thursday that Albania has collected the required number of signatures in the Council of Europe Assembly to review a 2011 Council of Europe report by Dick Marty, in which the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had been accused of human organ trafficking.

The senior Socialist official reacted to a statement by the opposition lawmaker Tritan Shehu at today’s parliament sitting, who said that Albania should support Kosovo.

SP lawmaker Balla stated that everything has been made to undo Dick Marty’s report, adding that “Parliament has addressed this issue also thanks to the members of Albania’s delegation to the Council of Europe, and I am not distinguishing among the ruling majority and the opposition, because we are all united in initiating a new resolution at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to challenge the human organ trafficking allegations.”

Last year, Albanian lawmakers approved a resolution tabled by the Socialist Party to condemn the 2011 Council of Europe report that accused former high-ranking Kosovo Liberation Army members of war crimes, asking the international human rights body to review it.

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