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All articles by - Rigels Lenja
Rigels Lenja is a historian and journalist from Albania, based in Munich. He holds a BA and an MSc in Modern European History from the University of Tirana and a PhD in Modern Balkan History from the University of Munich. His research focuses on democracy, communism, social development, German foreign policy and modern religion.
The Government’s war on the flamingos
As Albania's protests grew beyond environmental concerns into a broader challenge to the government, Prime Minister Edi Rama shifted between concessions, public attacks and increasingly confrontational policing.
How Rama built his power in Albania
From elections and party politics to local government, media and construction, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s hold on power now faces a new test.