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The Freedom Party announced today that it has created a parliamentary group.

In the announcement made to the media, it is noted that members of the PL parliamentary group also include members of the Democratic Party.

PL statement

In response to media interest, we would like to inform you that the parliamentary group of the Freedom Party has been formalized with the following composition:

 

Tedi Blushi - Chairman

Edmond Haxhinasto - Vice President

Erisa Xhixho - Zedhenese

Brunilda Haxhiu - Secretary

Ina Zhupa

Ledina Alolli

Klodiana Çapja

This afternoon, a plenary session was held to approve the draft decision on the election of the chairmen of the permanent committees of the Assembly.

The draft decision on the 11 permanent parliamentary committees was approved with 77 votes in favor, 1 against and no abstentions. Continued...

Tomorrow, September 17, a meeting will take place in Brussels between the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte.

Meeting to be held at NATO headquarters.

The meeting agenda has been published on NATO's official website.

Referring to the agenda, at 09:00 tomorrow morning, a joint conference between Rama and Rutte will take place.

This weekend, the "Triathlon" competition will be held in Tirana, which combines three sports disciplines into a single race: swimming, cycling, and running.

For the smooth running of this sporting activity, the Municipality of Tirana, in collaboration with the State Police, have drafted a plan of measures for organizing the movement of vehicles during the competition.

There are a number of roads in the capital where vehicle traffic will be blocked, while traffic on several urban routes will also be diverted, more specifically:

1. Restriction of vehicle traffic for the smooth running and organization of the "Triathlon" sports activity, in Helen Park near Lake Farka, on 21.09.2025 from 08:00 to 13:00 (assembly begins on 19-20 September 2025 and disassembly will take place directly after the end of the activity), according to the road segments as follows:

– “Tunnels” Road, (starting from the intersection of “Tunnels” Road with “Daxhir” Road to the intersection of “Tunnels” Road with “Panorama e Liqenit” Road),

– “Daxhit” Street, (starting from the intersection of “Daxhit” Street with “Shaqir Palushi” Street, to the intersection of “Daxhit” Street with “Vrapëve” Street),

– Road - Lake Dam”, (starting from the intersection of “Panorama e Liqenit” road with “Lake Dam” road, to the intersection of “Daxhit” road with “Lake Dam” road),

– “Panorama e Liqenit” Street, (starting from the intersection of “Tunnel” Street with “Panorama e Liqenit” Street, to the intersection of “Panorama e Liqenit” Street with “Diga e Liqenit” Street).

– Main interurban road (TEG-Ura Shkozë) • Blv. Zhan D'Ark, Blv. Gjergj Fishta, Blv. Bajram Curri (segment from the Shkozë bridge-Pallati me segjjetje).

2. The route of movement of urban line vehicles will be diverted as follows:

– Line No. 1/A “Selitë-Kristal-Centër-Train Station-Allias” and 1/13 “Kodra e Diellit 2-Kristal-Centër-Train Station-Allias” divert in one direction to “Wilson Square” and the other to the center.

– Line No. 2 “Old Teg-Sauk-Zoo-Former Train Station” diverts to “Willson” Square.

– Line No. 5 /A “Former Autotraktor Plant-Center” is temporarily suspended.

– Line No. 8 “Former Train Station-Center-New Sauk/Old Sauk/Sanatorium-Teg” diverts to the “Ekonomikut” roundabout.

– Line No. “Student City-Jordan Misja” diverts to the center. – Line No. 10/A “New Marteniteti-Center-Former Aviation Field” is temporarily suspended.

– Line No. 13 “Tirana e Re” diverts to the “Bread Factory” roundabout and to the center.

– Line No. 14 “Unaza” is temporarily suspended.

3. The circulation of emergency vehicles and State Police will continue normally on all the above routes. /CNA 

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet in New York next week. The meeting is expected to take place during the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly that begins on September 22. 

The announcement of a possible meeting was made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday.

Rubio said the US president is trying to do everything possible to end the war, as Russia's all-out war against Ukraine continues, now in its fourth year.

"The president had several phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, several meetings with Zelenskyy, including probably next week again in New York," Rubio said.

Trump and Zelensky last met in Washington on August 18, in the presence of European leaders.

After the negotiations, the US president said that the next phase of the diplomatic effort initiated by the White House should be direct talks between Zelenskyy and Putin in a bilateral format or together with Donald Trump. /CNA