After interrogation behind closed doors for about 3 hours of Minister of the Interior Taulant Balla, the agenda carried the testimony of the Director General of the State Police Muhamet Rrumbullaku.

Rrumbullaku’s testimony caused a clash between the chairman of the investigative commission of TIMS Ervin Salinji and the vice-chairman Toni Gogu.

Salianji requested that the questioning of Rrumbullaku should continue with open doors.

However, the vice-president Toni Gogu requested that the meeting continue behind closed doors.

On his part, Head of the State Police Muhamet Rrumbullaku said that his testimony carries investigative secrets.

He said that if the meeting is held in open, he will only talk about things that are not secret.

After voting with 8 votes in favor and 6 against, the Commission decided that the questioning of Rrumbullaku should continue behind closed doors./r.e/p.s./

In a press statement, the State Police clarified that TIMS system is fully operational and works normally at all border crossing points.

“The news reported via the social media suggesting that TIMS had collapsed and chaos has ensued is totally untrue. TIMS system works normally at all border crossing points and no malfunctions have been encountered, except the increasing influx of visitors that enter the country’s territory,” State Police announced.

“Such fake news trigger dissatisfaction and tarnish image of the State Police should be confirmed by the police authorities,” the statement concludes.

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The Ministry of Interior announced that Albanian experts and their counterparts from the allied countries successfully restored TIMS at Rinas airport, while work is underway for the system to become fully operational at all border crossing points of the country.

“Following the continued work being carried out by our experts and those from the ally countries, TIMS system has been currently restored at two border check counters at Rinas border crossing. The system will be fully restored at the international airport and other border crossing points across the country very soon,” the Ministry said in a statement.

The State Police’s data storage and transfer systems were under a cyberattack, similar to the one against the e-Albania portal in July.

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Tirana International Airport on Saturday notified all passengers that the airport’s operations continue normally without any delays, despite the current issues with the TIMS system.

“The flights operate as scheduled. However, passengers are pleased to report at the airport two hours and a half prior to the departure time,” TIA said in an announcement.

The State Police’s data storage and transfer systems were under a cyberattack, similar to the one against the e-Albania portal in July.

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In a press statement, the Ministry of Interior clarified that “last night, the State Police’s data storage and transfer systems were under a cyberattack, similar to the one against the e-Albania portal in July. Preliminary data show that the attack has been launched by the very same hand.”

The Ministry of Interior underlined that the system is currently inoperable and work is underway together with the partners to restore the system.

“Our experts, together with experts from our partner countries, are working intensively shortly after the attack was detected to primarily ensure that the data are not compromised and then neutralize this criminal offence. For safety reasons, our systems, including TIMS, have been temporarily shut down until danger is fully averted. The TIMS system will be restored very soon,” the Ministry of Interior said in its statement.

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