Una Hajdari

1 week ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

Thousands of miles away from the Israeli airstrikes raining down on Iran, the Iranian hacker group Homeland Justice is chipping away at the digital infrastructure of a southern European country. Homeland Justice, a group the Albanian government has directly tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), launched a cyberattack on the capital of Tirana on Friday, saying it was “just the beginning” in a post on Telegram.

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Una Hajdari

Wszystko wygląda na to, że Partia Socjalistyczna zapewniła sobie zdecydowaną większość [głosy są nadal liczone], zdobywając około 82 mandaty — znacznie więcej niż 71 potrzebnych do samodzielnego sprawowania rządów w 140-osobowym parlamencie Albanii. Chociaż Albania ma system wielopartyjny, od upadku komunizmu na początku lat 90. władza faktycznie dzieli się między dwie główne siły — socjalistów i centroprawicową Partię Demokratyczną.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama secured a comfortable majority in Albania’s election, riding a wave of pro-EU sentiment to become the country’s longest-serving democratic leader. “It is the most humbling experience of my life — and it comes at a historic moment for Albania … as a future member state of the European Union,” Rama, who made the promise of delivering EU membership by 2030 a key feature of his campaign, told POLITICO.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

Hours after polls closed in Albania, it remains unclear whether the ruling Socialist Party clinched a historic fourth term or if the opposition Democratic Party edged ahead after a fiercely fought election campaign. Not a single Albanian news channel released exit polls, leaving voters and observers in the dark about the outcome of an election seen as critical to Albania’s path toward European Union membership. Election officials expect the result to be known by Tuesday.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

The Republican strategist who guided Donald Trump’s 2024 political resurrection is helping Albania’s main opposition party stage an unlikely revival. Trump’s campaign adviser and Republican election guru Chris LaCivita is now backing the conservative Democratic Party of Albania, whose leader Sali Berisha is hoping for his own political comeback from corruption allegations in Sunday’s high-stakes national election.