Court fines former prosecutor following investigation
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Justice and the civil service had a difficult morning. A court handed a fine to Haxhi Dërguti following an investigation into the Prosecutor Purchase case. Meanwhile, details emerged of an alleged confrontation involving a minister accused of pulling a revolver on a visitor.
The domestic mood remains strained elsewhere. Eight cases of domestic violence were reported in a single 24-hour window, while economists noted the country is now enduring the highest inflation rate in the region. A new documentary, Unemployed Mothers, has detailed how women are being forced out of the workforce for attempting to assert their legal rights.
In Paris, Prime Minister Albin Kurti used the Peace Forum to request that France support his country’s bids for EU candidate status and NATO membership.