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POLICE WITHOUT UNIFORMS, CITIZENS WITHOUT RIGHTS?

Who are these people in civilian clothes who are grabbing and using force against protesters? If they are police officers, they should identify themselves and act within the law. If they are not police officers, then the question is even more serious: under what authority are they using force against citizens? Albania in 2026 cannot return to the methods of the past, when the authorities used people in civilian clothes to control and intimidate protesters. A uniform is not simply clothing. It represents authority, accountability, and identification. A democratic state should not have “anonymous police officers” using force against its citizens. Who are these people? Who ordered them to act? And who will be held accountable for their actions? These are not political questions. They are questions about the rule of law. ALBANIA MUST NOT GO BACKWARDS.

The Bektashi State: whose idea is it really?

I find it hard to believe that such a dangerous geopolitical project is simply Edi Rama’s personal idea. Is it possible that foreign interests—Serbian or Russian—are behind it? Creating a religious state entity inside Albania could serve to portray Albania internationally as a predominantly Muslim country, with potentially serious consequences for how Europe and the United States perceive and deal with Albanians in the future. And one question must be answered: How can a prime minister propose a “state within a state” when Albania’s Constitution defines it as a unitary and indivisible state? Albanians deserve answers. Who proposed this? Who benefits from it? And why should Albania accept it?

EDI RAMA: A DECADE IN POWER — NOW ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE

EDI RAMA Answer this simple question: What are you willing to put on the table to prove that you deserve to continue serving as Prime Minister? After more than a decade in power, Albanians have the right to demand answers—not slogans—about the alleged theft of public property, massive corruption in public tenders, widespread corruption in the oil industry, favoritism and monopolization of oil and gasoline sales in favor of Socialist Party oligarchs, the massive laundering of drug money, the corrupt sale or transfer of public land and protected areas, the mass depopulation of the country, the replacement of Albanian workers with foreign workers, policies perceived as pro-Serbian and supportive of Serbian genocide, pro-Greek policies and de facto support for the assimilation of southern Albania, policies against the Albanian populations of Kosovo and North Macedonia, and policies against the Cham Albanians and their property rights in Chameria. Not slogans. Answers. As the longest-servin...

Sali Berisha and Edi Rama it’s time to retire.

Sali Berisha and Edi Rama — perhaps the time has come for you to retire with dignity. After so many years in politics, perhaps it is time to make room for a new generation of Democrats and Socialists—people who do not need to explain to us every day how democratic or socialist they are. Leave behind the old political games, temporary alliances, loyal party militants, and the theory that Albanian democracy cannot move forward without you. It can, Sali and Edi. In fact, perhaps it is time to see whether Albania can move forward without you. You have had more than enough time to leave your mark on Albania’s history. Unfortunately, along with that mark, you have also left behind many unanswered questions. What happened to the property inherited from the former communist regime? Who benefited from the privatization of state-owned and public property? What role did your governments play in Albania’s relations with the Milošević regime during the war in Kosovo and in the period that followed?...

Albania does not belong to politicians

For more than three months now, Albanians have been taking to the streets not to fight over a political seat or a share of power, but to defend their dignity, their public property, and their right to live in a truly democratic country. For more than three decades, Albania’s political system has been dominated by figures such as Edi Rama and Sali Berisha. For the protesters, the time has come to break this cycle and demand accountability for public assets that, in their view, have been stolen, abusively privatized, or handed over to political allies and well-connected businessmen. Albania does not belong to politicians. The wealth and public property of the Albanian people are not spoils to be divided among politicians, those in power, and businessmen connected to them. This pattern, protesters argue, goes back to the privatization process that began in 1991 and continued through successive governments, with allegations of public land and state assets being transferred to political sup...

The Origin of Negation: From Proto-Indo-European *ne to an Albanian I–O–I Hypothesis

The Origin of Negation: From Proto-Indo-European *ne to an Albanian I–O–I Hypothesis Introduction Negation is one of the most fundamental functions of human language. Through expressions such as no, not, and never, humans communicate absence, rejection, contradiction, and non-existence. But an intriguing question remains: How did the human mind first conceptualize negation? And before the first linguistic word for “no” existed, how might early humans have represented the absence or rejection of something? Historical linguistics generally reconstructs a Proto-Indo-European negative particle *ne, commonly interpreted as “not” or “no.” Related forms occur across several Indo-European branches, including Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Slavic, Baltic, Germanic, Celtic, and others. These correspondences provide strong evidence for an ancient Indo-European negative element. However, the existence of a reconstructed negative particle does not necessarily explain the cognitive or conceptual origin of ...