Arlind Qori
Other
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Legal status
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Lëvizja Bashkë (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · undated · wiki · EN
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Lëvizja Bashkë (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · undated · wiki · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Political scientist and activist who leads Lëvizja Bashkë, founded on 18 Dec 2022 by former members of the activist group Organizata Politike. Wikipedia describes him as a professor at the University of Tirana, as Tirana mayoral candidate in 2023 and as a member of the Tirana Municipal Council after the 14 May 2023 election. He took part in the December 2018 student protests; a Balkanweb report on a DW analysis records him saying the students' main demand was the prime minister's resignation and calling claims of organisation by radical groups unfounded. Wikipedia reports that in 2018 political opponents accused him of being 'paid by Soros', with no evidence given and no reply from him recorded. The Wikipedia page for Lëvizja Bashkë carries a notice that its text may incorporate machine-generated content, so both Wikipedia entries are used as leads only.
Response from Arlind Qori
Not found in the sources read for the 2018 'paid by Soros' accusation. No statement by Qori about Soros or foreign funding was found.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- Political scientist and activist who leads Lëvizja Bashkë, founded on 18 Dec 2022 by former members of the activist group Organizata Politike. Wikipedia describes him as a professor at the University of Tirana, as Tirana mayoral candidate in 2023 and as a member of the Tirana Municipal Council after the 14 May 2023 election. He took part in the December 2018 student protests; a Balkanweb report on a DW analysis records him saying the students' main demand was the prime minister's resignation and calling claims of organisation by radical groups unfounded. Wikipedia reports that in 2018 political opponents accused him of being 'paid by Soros', with no evidence given and no reply from him recorded. The Wikipedia page for Lëvizja Bashkë carries a notice that its text may incorporate machine-generated content, so both Wikipedia entries are used as leads only.From the research record
- Arlind Qori leads Lëvizja Bashkë, a left party registered in 2022 that ran in its first parliamentary election. He is a University of Tirana political science lecturer. A search for an Open Society grant, researcher role or OSF project involving him found nothing. The OSF Albania foundation funds civil society and research work, but no link to Qori was found in the search results.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No criminal case involving him was found in the sources read.From the research record
- No criminal case involving Qori was found.From the research record
- Response
- Not found in the sources read for the 2018 'paid by Soros' accusation. No statement by Qori about Soros or foreign funding was found.From the research record
- Not retrieved.From the research record
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Dec 2016
Funding of the Flamingo protest organisers and the 'Soros' accusations against them
Named organisers of the 2026 Flamingo movement are spread across an informal protest network, with Lëvizja Bashkë and Shqipëria Bëhet as the two registered political vehicles of named leaders. For…
Status: Open research. No OSF/OSFA grant to a named protest organiser found. Party-finance records checked only through the Open Spending Albania register; CEC annual…
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
Open the map →leader (chair) of Lëvizja Bashkë since 18 Dec 2022
Evidence: Wikipedia: party founded 18 Dec 2022; Qori elected chairman under the party statute.
co-founder of the activist group Organizata Politike (2011)
Evidence: Wikipedia: he began political activism with the group after the 21 Jan 2011 protest.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 1 Dec 2018
Qori said the students' main demand was the prime minister's resignation, not an ideological revolution, and called claims that radical groups organised the protests unfounded (Balkanweb summary of a DW analysis; month only).
Speaker: Arlind Qori
Balkanweb report on DW analysis (search summary, not opened)Balkanweb · Dec 2018 · journalism · SQNo link recorded.
What the documents show
The Wikipedia page confirms Qori's presence in the December 2018 protests but gives no evidence of organisation or funding by any Soros-linked body. Searches found no reporting that Qori was paid by Soros.
- Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
What was said · 1 Dec 2018
Not a statement by Qori. Political opponents said for several months that he was 'paid by Soros' (Wikipedia). Recorded here so the accusation is tested against the documents.
Speaker: Arlind Qori
Arlind Qori (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
What the documents show
No payment, grant, contract or employment record linking Qori to OSF or OSFA was found. Party funding documented is Albanian state party-support money through the CEC. The accusation is not supported by a cited document in the sources read.
- Partia Levizja BASHKE (Open Spending Albania) (opens in a new tab)Open Spending Albania (State Treasury data) · 29 Jul 2026 · official · EN
Timeline
Protest
December 2018 student protests: Arlind Qori among the most engaged; opponents accuse him of being 'paid by Soros' (month only)
Wikipedia records that Qori took part in the December 2018 student protests in Tirana, and that for several months political opponents accused him of being 'paid by Soros'. No evidence for the accusation is given. In a Balkanweb summary of a DW analysis, Qori said the students' main demand was the prime minister's resignation and called claims of radical-group organisation unfounded.
Linked: Funding of the Flamingo protest organisers and the 'Soros' accusations against them · Arlind Qori
Other
Lëvizja Bashkë founded by former Organizata Politike activists; Arlind Qori elected chairman
Wikipedia records the founding of Lëvizja Bashkë on 18 Dec 2022 by members and activists of Organizata Politike, with Qori elected chairman under a one-year mandate.
Linked: Funding of the Flamingo protest organisers and the 'Soros' accusations against them · Arlind Qori · Redi Muçi
Parliament
Lëvizja Bashkë wins one of 140 seats in the parliamentary election
Wikipedia (Arlind Qori and Lëvizja Bashkë pages) reports that Lëvizja Bashkë won one seat in the 11 May 2025 election, held by Redi Muçi.
Linked: Funding of the Flamingo protest organisers and the 'Soros' accusations against them · Redi Muçi · Arlind Qori
Other
Lëvizja Bashkë receives a 2.4 million lek state party-support transfer from the CEC
Open Spending Albania (State Treasury data) records a transfer of 2,400,000 lekë to Lëvizja Bashkë, paid by the Central Election Commission on 29 Jul 2026. It is one of three transfers in the register totalling 11,038,365 lekë since December 2025.
Linked: Funding of the Flamingo protest organisers and the 'Soros' accusations against them · Arlind Qori
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: VerifiedVerified · 1 source
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2026
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 2 sources
- Balkanweb report on DW analysis (search summary, not opened)No link recorded.
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- Dec 2018
- Publisher
- Open Spending Albania (State Treasury data)
- Date
- 29 Jul 2026