Ardian Visha

The Special Court of Appeals Against Corruption and Organised Crime ruled on Friday that the case against Fatmir Mediu, who was defence minister in 2008 when an ammunition dump explosion killed 26 people, should be reopened.

The blast happened while ammunition from the period of Communist rule in Albania was being dismantled.

The three-member panel of Albania's Independent Qualification Commission on Friday fired Fatos Lulo, 57, a judge on the Constitutional Court, after concluding that his declared assets of several hundred thousand euros could not be justified by his earnings.

At the first hearing of the Independent Qualification Commission of Albania, better known as Vetting Commission, in Tirana on Wednesday, Fatos Lulo, a member of the Constitutional Court, was accused of concealing several hundred thousands euros for which no legitimate source exists.