Today: Dec 09, 2025
Subscribe
Login
·

Editorial: The lessons of the painful past beg to be remembered

by
3 mins read
7 years ago
Change font size:

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL One of the key abilities for both individuals and countries to be mature and prosperous is to be able to learn from their past mistakes. Experience, no matter how painful or absurd, holds valuable lessons for the future. The most precious of these lessons are the acquired skills to recognize what specific mistakes led to catastrophic situations and avoid them by all means in the future. In 1996 the Albanian political scene, despite fundamental differences in context and specificities, had quite some semblances to the current political crisis in Albania. The majority of the time ignored the…

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Story Highlights

  • Whatever majority rulers or ambassadors say, the mostly caricature figures that fill in the seats of the Assembly now cannot be counted as the proper opposition of the country
  • They have neither the profile nor the legitimacy to fit the task
  • The solution of the crisis can never come unless the real sides get to agree
  • Any shortcut to circumvent this is a dangerous exercise.

Latest from Op-Ed

Albania: Between Reform Dynamics and Democratic Fragility

Change font size: - + Reset Elez Biberaj Thirty-five years after Albania’s emergence from one of Europe’s most repressive communist regimes, the country’s democratic trajectory remains emblematic of post-authoritarian transformation, reflecting the
2 weeks ago
21 mins read
Subscribe
Login