A Special Parliamentary Commission on Monday delivered a damning report on the courts in Albania, saying corruption is widespread at all levels.

This includes the appointment of judges in the most important courts.

The report says judges pay between €100,000 to €300,000 to the High Council of Justice, the body that nominates judges, to get their posts, or to move to better positions within the system.

La Chambre des représentants a définitivement adopté, ce mardi 9 juin, en deuxième lecture, les trois lois organiques relatives aux élections régionales, communales et préfectorales.

Si la loi concernant les régions a été approuvée à l'unanimité, les deux autres textes ont obtenu un vote à la majorité après l'abstention de l'opposition.

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today urged all parties to work together to reconcile issues currently under discussion in the Jubba state formation process.

‘Across Somalia, Somalis are moving to create one Somalia: a united, federal republic in which all citizens are equal, represented by and with recourse to a competent, transparent, functioning government.

According to Sudanese opposition forces and displaced leaders in Darfur, the appointment of the new cabinet members, presidential assistants and state governors by President Omar Al Bashir on Saturday, only means a reshuffle of the same officials.

The chairman of the Sudan Revolutionary Front rebel alliance, and leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, Malik Agar, commented to Radio Dabanga by saying that the formation of Al Bashir’s new government turned out to be a transferral of the same persons to other locations.

"Despite challenges, we are determined to carry out necessary reforms in accordance with a clear and well-defined timetable," President Béji Caid Essebsi said in his speech on the second day of the G7 Summit currently held in Germany.

Addressing guests of this 41^st Summit, the President shed light on the strides made by the country on the pathway to democracy since the Deauville Summit and the  challenges confronting it, particularly unemployment and terrorism.

The organic law on the creation of the Supreme Judicial Council (French: CSM) was declared "unconstitutional" by the provisional constitutional review authority on Monday.

A group of 28 MPs had submitted last May 22 an appeal of unconstitutionality against the draft law on the supreme judicial council.

La lettre de soutien, envoyée par le chef d’état-major de l’ANP et vice-ministre de la Défense, Ahmed Gaïd Salah au patron du FLN Amar Saâdani, « déshonore l’armée », renseigne sur les « arrangements » qui s’opèrent au sein du pouvoir et le « coup d’État » qui se prépare, selon l’opposition. « La lettre de Gaïd Salah au Secrétaire général du FLN déshonore l’ANP et discrédite toute l’architecture institutionnelle du pays », souligne Atmane Mazouz, chargé de communication du RCD.

La Chambre des représentants devrait valider ce mardi les projets de décret relatifs aux prochaines élections. Il s’agit des projets fixant le nombre des membres des collectivités locales, des conseils des préfectures et des provinces.

Los cerca de 54 millones de turcos que hoy están llamados a las urnas para decidir el destino de su país están ejerciendo su derecho en un ambiente, en general, tranquilo, pese a la violencia que ha precedido a estos comicios durante la polarizada campaña electoral, en la que se han producido atentados, ataques a las sedes de los partidos y peleas que han dejado media docena de muertos y cientos de heridos.