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During communist rule, cohabitation between unmarried partners was outlawed and marriage was strongly encouraged as "the legal basis of creating a family". Homosexuality and same-sex unions were outlawed in Albania until 1995, three years after the end of communist rule. [3]
A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a mean to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage (with child adoption being a common exception).
Same-sex marriage or civil unions are not currently recognised in Albania. Even though then Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced in July 2009 that he would support the recognition of civil marriages, the proposed anti-discrimination law, unanimously approved on 4 February 2010, never addressed same-sex marriage.
If the civil code was passed, a special law for civil unions would be required. [21] The draft was rejected by the Assembly on 16 March 2022. Only 28 out of 120 MPs voted in favour of the bill. [22] [23] On 25 April 2024 Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced his government's intention to legalize same-sex unions. [24] [25]
In 2014, the President of the Constitutional Court, Enver Hasani, said that Kosovo de jure allows same-sex marriage. [12] Hasani based his reasoning on Article 24(2) of the Constitution of Kosovo, which states that "no one shall be discriminated against on grounds of race, color, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, relation to any community ...
In April 2024, Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced plans to pass a new Civil Code in May, which included provisions for civil partnerships between same-sex couples. This would have made Kosovo the third country in the Western Balkans, after Croatia and Montenegro, to legally recognize such unions. However, the vote did not take place ...
Trade unions in Albania have had an unstable existence in recent decades, mirroring the regional political turbulence in Albania.Since the 1991 defeat of the Albanian Party of Labour (APL), independent trade unions have asserted themselves, [3] with two main national trade union centres; the United Independent Albanian Trade Unions (BSPSh) and the Confederation of Trade Unions (KSSh).
Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija (Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata Kosova i Metohije) United Serbian List (Jedinstvena Srpska Lista) (all-Serb list, lists 56 candidates of both the ruling and the opposition parties based in Belgrade) [6] Unique Gorani Party (Jedinstvena Goranska Partija)