The provisions from the Ohrid Peace Accord are partial and need to be widened to provide greater rights to the ethnic Albanians, says Rufi Osmani, a controversial local ethnic Albanian leader. In an interview for the local Dnevnik daily this charismatic figure, who was re-elected as mayor of the western …

A court in the city of Vlora Albania, sentenced on Tuesday, to a six-month prison term and a 500,000 Lek (€3,800) fine, an ethnic-Greek mayor who was indicted for ordering the dismantlement of road signs because they were not bilingual, causing subsequent traffic chaos and damage to public property. Mayor …

Anti-corruption experts urge for changes to party financing laws and advocate for stricter auditing. Verica Barac, President of the Council for the Fight Against Corruption told Blic Daily that there is a reason political parties in power are “desperately defending public funds, public purchases and public enterprises”. They are not …