The mayor of Albania's capital, Erion Veliaj, a key figure in the ruling Socialist Party, was arrested on Monday on suspicion ...

Erion Veliaj’s arrest for alleged corruption, alongside his wife, has enraged the ruling Socialist Party – and could ...

Once seen as Albania’s rising political star, Tirana’s mayor now faces corruption charges tied to secret bank accounts, cash ...

By Aidą Kadyrzhanova in Prague Albania’s Special Court Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) has ordered the arrest of Erion Veliaj, the influential mayor of Tirana, on suspicion of corruption ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday. He was 95.

Prime Minister Edi Rama was seen leaving the Tirana Municipality building, accompanied by Deputy Mayor Anisa Ruseti. The visit comes a day after the arrest of Mayor Erion Veliaj, on orders from the ...

Also, the presence of important employees of the Tirana municipality, direct subordinates of the citizen Erion Veliaj, both during the contacts that the citizen Ajola Xoxa had with the persons ...

According to HRW’s Executive Director Tirana Hassan, this pattern aligned with global ... The report also notes that in April, the parliament abolished mandatory parliamentary and municipal council ...

The Special Prosecution Against Corruption (SPAK) in Albania ordered the arrest of the capital's mayor Erion Veliaj on Monday ...