Archive · Crime & Courts
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
15 stories
- Police46-year-old found dead in car in Komuna e Parisit; police: suspected suicideThe incident was initially reported as a targeted shooting, but a pistol and a cartridge case were found in the vehicle; the investigation continues under the direction of prosecutors.
- PoliceEighth day of protest: Molotov cocktails and fireworks at police, tear gas and water cannons, detentions reaching into barsAfter a calm morning march with students and lecturers, the evening on Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard again turned into clashes; seven people ended up in the hospital.
- AccidentsTepelena: 39-year-old Italian falls while working at a factory, taken to Trauma Hospital with serious injuriesThe foreign worker, identified by the initials R. Sh., is receiving specialized treatment in Tirana; the circumstances of the accident have not yet been made public.
- CourtsTirana court releases 28 protesters with reporting obligation, three arrests declared unlawfulAbout 300 people have been arrested during the first seven days of protests, most of whom have received the lightest measure; only the most violent cases have been kept in custody.
- PoliceFier: teacher suspected of mistreating 4-year-old at kindergarten, child's mother slaps her; both under investigationPolice say the child shows no signs of violence; the 44-year-old teacher and the 29-year-old mother face criminal proceedings without detention.
- PolicePeshkopi: two Sina residents arrested for hitting two police officers while being taken to the station; 36-year-old with knife also in handcuffsDibra police arrested three people in the act on Elez Isufi Boulevard; the case files were passed to prosecutors.
- PoliceFistfight in Gjirokastra: 20-year-old stabs 43-year-oldThe conflict over trivial reasons broke out near the Kardhiq Bridge; the injured man's life is not in danger.
- PoliceOct. 19 protest: 33 arrested, including 6 minors; 41 others under investigationTirana police report seven officers injured, while the toll from seven days of protests reaches 271 arrests.
- PoliceTear gas and water cannon outside the Ministry of Education; stones thrown at the buildingAfter marching from the Prime Minister's Office, some young people pelted the ministry with stones and entered its courtyard; police moved in to disperse the crowd.
- PoliceTNT in the car of Shushica's administrator: four detained, two reportedly arrestedVlora police also seized a vehicle that will undergo forensic examination; the suspects reportedly came from Tirana.
- CourtsSPAK charges Belinda Balluku with corruption, tender violations and money launderingThe former deputy prime minister appeared again at the Special Prosecution Office, which reportedly extended the investigation until January 2027.
- PoliceDurrës: customs officers find 16,080 euros undeclared in a truck on the ferry to BariThe money was discovered during a joint physical inspection by Customs and the Border Police at the port's second line of control.
- Police44-year-old arrested in Han i Hotit for trying to smuggle three migrants into MontenegroShkodra police caught him in the act with three people of African origin who had no identification documents, near the border crossing.
- PoliceOmbudsman: Phone searches without a court ruling and allegations of violence against detaineesThe preliminary report after Monday's protest finds 18 minors among some 50 people held at police stations and overcrowding in the Security Block.
- PoliceExplosive blast in Ishull-Lezha damages a building's roofThe incident happened around midnight; no injuries are reported, and police are searching for those responsible.
