Gerdec
13 Years on, Albania Blast Victims’ Families Still Seek Justice
Those charged included Albania's defence minister from 2005 to 2008, Fatmir Mediu, other senior defence ministry officials and members of the army's top brass.
Initially filed with the Supreme Court, the case, apart from Mediu's, was then separated and sent to the Tirana District Court.
Albania Ammunition Blast Victim Wins European Court Case
An Albanian man by his destroyed house in the village of Gerdec, March 2008. Photo: EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
A man whose case for compensation for the ammunition explosion that claimed 26 lives in March 2008 was not heard by the Albanian courts was awarded 7,500 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Tuesday.