Degradation of Veliaj's propaganda/ Attacks SPAK in peripheral media

2026-03-17 12:36:00, Denoncim CNA

Erion Veliaj's propaganda machine has launched another attempt to attack the Special Anti-Corruption Structure, this time using a modest platform called "Europrospects". Through a long article, an attempt is made to create a narrative that Veliaj's arrest for corruption is "proof of the EU's credibility" and that SPAK is violating legal procedures.

This article does not seem to have any relevance to EU standards, but was written by an Albanian on a peripheral portal, which also has doubts about the way it is financed according to ChatGPT. The news was written by an anonymous name, identified as Eva Kelmendi, and when you search for it, there is not much information about her, while "Europrospects" has her first article, which adds to the doubts about the authenticity of the material.

This action shows the total degradation of Veliaj's lobbying. If once international media outlets that enjoyed a certain weight were paid, today the propaganda has ended up at the doors of "Europrospects", an online platform created only in 2022, which is run by students and young researchers without any institutional profile. This blog, which operates with a small staff and without any transparency on funding, represents nothing more than a space where opinions can be ordered according to the client's needs.

The "Europrospects" platform itself, at the end of the article, keeps a note stating that these are only the author's opinions and do not represent the official policy of the media or its editorial board. This detail proves that the article is not a position of European institutions, but a purchased opinion that can be ordered by anyone who wants to protect themselves from prison with money.
The article cites as arguments the "concerns" of international law firms such as "Kasowitz" in New York or "Mishcon de Reya" in London, which are known for defending Veliaj with hefty bills of 220 thousand dollars.

The use of these names shows that Erion Veliaj is spending huge amounts of suspicious money to lobby against Albanian justice in foreign offices. And now with anonymous names and anonymous portals they seek to tell Albanians that look, Veliaj's prison endangers our EU. The article goes so far as to call Veliaj's detention a "paradox of reform," ignoring the 13 serious criminal charges that have kept him behind bars since February 2025.

This synchronized attack, rapidly distributed by portals paid for by the brother of the mayor, Arbër Veliaj, shows the desperation of a group that now has no other defense than buying articles on peripheral blogs. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The fight against corruption at the highest levels is Albania's path to the EU, including Erion Veliaj. While his trial is scheduled for March 24, this smear campaign against SPAK only aims to put pressure on the judiciary, selling an official accused of stealing public funds as a "victim" of European standards./ CNA