Independent Balkan News AgencyCouncil of Europe to help with the training of judges and prosecutors
The Council of Europe has allocated 700 thousand Euros for FYROM for the training of judges and prosecutors. Their training will last 18 months and it aims at improving the level of professionalism and protection of human rights. Daniel Smith from the Council of Europe said that the scope of the training is to implement […]
Read More →USA starts to reform the Albanian justice system
The American embassy refused entry for several judges and prosecutors in the US The U.S. Embassy has revoked the non-immigrant visas of several Albanian judges and prosecutors after determining that the officials no longer qualify for these visas. “Because visa records are confidential under U.S. law, we cannot comment on individual cases”, said an embassy […]
Read More →How to increase your wealth by five times in 10 years by being a judge in Albania
The wealth that judges in the Court of Appeal in Tirana have declared has increased by five times in the past ten years, reaching an amount of 16 million euros. There are strong suspicions that undeclared wealth is several times higher By Edison Kurani The majority of judges of the Court of Appeal have managed […]
Read More →Around 80% of judges of the Court of Appeal in Albania cannot justify their declared wealth
Eight out of ten judges of the Appeal Court in Tirana cannot justify the wealth that they declare voluntarily. The High Inspectorate of Declaration and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interest (HIDAACI) says that 70% of judges in the courts of appeal are not able to justify the wealth declared during their career. Some […]
Read More →Prosecutors and judges consider the law on vetting illegal
The body of prosecutors has decided to request the abrogation of the law on vetting. The motion has reached the Constitutional Court. Earlier, this law has been appealed by the opposition. Judges too are against this law Tirana, 24 October 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency In Albania, the body of prosecutors does not accept the law […]
Read More →Albanian Justice minister requests information from the USA on the judges which have been denied visas
Tirana, 3 March 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency Albanian minister of Justice says that he’s ready to start a disciplinary procedure for every corrupt judge and that he will request information on each of them. Ylli Manjani announced today that the ministry that he leads will request information for every corrupt judge including the list of […]
Read More →Albania has denied visa applications for several Albanian judges
Tirana, 3 March 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency “The US government has denied entry to the United States of America for several corrupt judges by rejecting or annulling their visa applications”. This surprising news has been announced by the US ambassador to Tirana, Donald Lu, while communicating with the public in social networks. Mr. Lu was […]
Read More →International community mounts pressure against Albanian justice system
Tirana, 14 December 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency In Tirana, representatives of the international community are mounting pressure for reforms in the judiciary system, especially in the Albanian courts. In the National Judiciary Conference in Tirana, US ambassador, Donald Lu spoke without reservations. He initially seemed to address to corrupt judges. “My proof for corruption is […]
Read More →“Albanian justice system is not a special case like Ukraine”
Insights from the chief justice at the Court of Serious Crimes of Albania, Sander Simoni Tirana, 27 October 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency A package of reforms in the justice system has been drafted by the governing majority in Albania and it has been sent for consultation to the Venice Commission. The package of reforms also […]
Read More →USAID project trains judges
Tirana, 11 September 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency Through the Just program, USAID completed the process of the installation of the audio recording system for court sessions in 36 courts of the country. The first stage of this process was the training of the court administration and judges, which was completed in the premises of the […]
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