Albanian prosecutors are seeking to try the country s former defence minister over a deadly factory explosion in 2008.
The blast at a munitions depot factory at Gerdec - where stockpiles of ammunition were dumped for destruction - killed 26 people and injured at least 264 others.
Around 5,500 houses were also damaged after the explosion ripped through the region outside the capital Tirana.
Albania s then-defence minister, Fatmir Mediu, was subsequently charged with abuse of power, although the case against him was dropped. He resigned from his governmental position two days after the explosion.
But on Thursday, more than a decade later, prosecutors have asked Supreme Court judges to allow Mediu to go on trial.
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Electoral “Fever” Starts/ Rama Between The Adriatic And The Ionian, Basha, Idrizi And Mediu Trust Tirana, Kryemadhi Towards Fier 09/03/2021 - 14:09
It seems that the publication of the lists of candidates for deputies has also ignited the strong fever of the campaign for the April 25 elections.
During yesterday, all the parties submitted to the Central Election Commission the list of persons who can be trusted by the citizens, and it must be said that some of the movements were unexpected for everyone.
The party leaders themselves had already clarified where they would hold their constituencies. While now everything is official.
25/02/2021 - 13:58
The United Opposition signed the agreement for the pre-election coalition for the April 25 parliamentary elections yesterday.
14 opposition parties have joined the Democratic Party with the aim of winning the elections, while the registration with the CEC was done in the last minutes.
The opposition coalition will be called the “Democratic Party – Alliance for Change”, while some of the allied parties will have secure seats on the electoral lists.
On the other hand, the Socialist Movement for Integration will run as a separate force in the April 25 elections, in several districts it will be on joint lists with the Democratic Party.