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On Saturday, September 27th at 11:00, the ceremony of the Enthronement of the Metropolitan of Korça, His Grace Anastas, will take place at the "Resurrection of Christ" Cathedral in Korça.

His Beatitude, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Ioannis, will also be present at the ceremony. Members of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church will also be present.

On September 16, 2025, the Graceful Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, under the leadership of His Beatitude Joanit, elected His Grace Anastasius, Metropolitan of Korça.

Previously, His Grace was Bishop of Kruja./ CNA

Erion Veliaj and Mero Baze shamefully continue to publicly deceive Albanians for the 37th day in a row.

37 days of Veliaj's lies and accusations and his media backlash against prosecutor Ols Dado, who they claim conducted the investigations for revenge and conflict of interest, after, according to them, he requested an extension on his permit.

Mero Baze and Erion Veliaj have not yet published the document signed by Ols Dado and the refusal signed by Erion Veliaj.

Erion Veliaj's claim

In point 135, Veliaj says that prosecutor Ols Dado obtained a building permit from the Municipality of Tirana and then requested an addition to the permit and this was refused.

While in point 136 of the document without a seal and signature, Erion treats this as a matter of "revenge" on the part of prosecutor Ols Dado, because, according to him, he was not granted a construction permit for the addition after he made a request.

Why doesn't Veliaj produce the document with Ols Dado's signature and the refusal with his signature?

Mero Baze's claim

Mero Baze says that, according to him, the investigation against Veliaj is being insistently requested by a prosecutor, who months ago had a personal conflict with him, regarding his requests for a construction permit outside the legal criteria that the municipality had.

" So, it is clear that we are dealing with an investigation insistently requested by a prosecutor, who months ago had a personal conflict with him, regarding his requests for a construction permit outside the legal criteria that the municipality had, which was not granted, " says Mero Baze, who serves as a tool of Mayor Erion Veliaj.

Mero Baze's claim

Why doesn't Mero Baze confirm it? Where is the document with Ols Dado's signature and the refusal with Erion Veliaj's signature? Why doesn't he produce it?

Erion Veliaj and Mero Baze have been continuing their public deception of Albanians for 33 days, simply and solely to attack justice for the fact that it has put behind bars a mayor arrested for several serious criminal offenses and with 13 charges, who is today in the cells of Durrës prison and directs Mero Baze, his only media remnant./ CNA

An Albanian citizen who is internationally wanted was arrested at the entrance to Albania at Rinas Airport. The authorities arrested and executed the security measure "Arrest in prison" for the RM citizen, 52 years old, resident of Vlora.

Police Announcement: 

The Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with decision no. 63, dated 22.06.2020, has assigned to this citizen the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Trafficking in narcotics", in collaboration, within the framework of a structured criminal group, "Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", committed in a special form of cooperation, that of a structured criminal group, "Structured criminal group" and "Participation in a structured criminal group".

The aforementioned citizen was investigated within the framework of a criminal proceeding by SPAK, where the investigations resulted in him being involved in collaboration with other citizens, in the trafficking of significant quantities of Cannabis Sativa from Albania to EU countries, in the period 2016-2018.

The materials will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime./ CNA

The two justice reformers, Erion Alibej and Nuredin Dumani, clashed with each other in today's session at the Special Court.

The conflict began after a response given by Alibej, where he is reported to have said that Nuredin Dumani did not accept his brother's involvement in the Bradashesh massacre.

After the conflict, the repentant Nuredin Dumani was removed from the court session.

The Laws Commission of the Municipality of Tirana, in its meeting held this morning, at 10:00, voted to include the proposal for the dismissal of Veliaj on the agenda for the Municipal Council meeting.

The Tirana Municipal Council will meet this afternoon, at 4:00 PM, to propose the removal of Erion Veliaj from the position of mayor. A decision that will then be made by the Council of Ministers.

Regarding the Laws Committee meeting, the names that voted in favor of including Veliaj's indictment on the agenda have been revealed.

Specifically, Xhilda Kito, Halit Valteri, Endrit Braimllari, Agim Kraja and Sonila Qato voted in favor.