European Union and Integration

This article explores the evolving concept of competition within the framework of European Union law, focusing particularly on how interpretations of antitrust law have shifted over time as a consequence of the level of achievement of the single European market.

Corruption poses significant challenges to Albania and North Macedonia, undermining state institutions and socio-economic stability. Both countries have initiated comprehensive anti-corruption strategies, legislative reforms, and international collaborations to combat this issue. These strategies emphasize institutional capacity-building, legal reforms, public awareness, and international cooperation.

The main object of the article is to analyze the impact that the use of information technology and artificial intelligence technologies in judicial systems have had on human rights and values. In this connection, the paper focuses on the potential risks in the context of the digitalization of judicial services providing suggestions to address and mitigate them.

Aiming to harmonize its water management legislation with the EU acquis, the Albanian Government transposed the European Union Water Framework Directive into its national legislation with the 2012 Law on Integrated Water Resource Management. The Law has been followed by implementing sub-legal acts and recently amended by Law 6/2018.

The better part of the last two years has made a case for the return of the ‘Balkan question’ on top of the European Union’s agenda. The Western Balkans (WB) countries’ - Albania included – difficult road towards the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law for the scope of accession to the European Union (hereinafter the EU) has been constantly burdened with difficulties.