Fatos Lubonja
No party
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:
- Protestat në Shqipëri: Lubonja... dy vjet (Koha) (opens in a new tab)Koha · undated · journalism · SQ
- Soros justifikoi pranimin... Lubonja (Balkanweb, search result) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · undated · journalism · EN
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Soros justified his presence in Albania with civil society, says Lubonja (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 27 Feb 2025 · journalism · SQ
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Protestat në Shqipëri: Lubonja... dy vjet (Koha) (opens in a new tab)Koha · undated · journalism · SQ
- Soros justifikoi pranimin... Lubonja (Balkanweb, search result) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · undated · journalism · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Soros justified his presence in Albania with civil society, says Lubonja (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 27 Feb 2025 · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Writer and public commentator who supports the protests. He says he did not organise the protest, that the Zvërnec affair exposes Rama's power system, and that the protest is a 'peaceful revolution' whose roots go back decades. Rama has attacked him publicly. A Le Monde interview (search summary) has him saying public interest is being sacrificed. In an interview on the 'Open' programme (Balkanweb summary, date not given) he argues that the Soros Foundation moved closer to the government than to civil society and that funds meant for democracy ended up supporting a political class close to Rama. He does not, in the sources read, say he received OSF or OSFA money.
Response from Fatos Lubonja
Rama publicly attacked him as part of the 'mafia' (Balkanweb). Lubonja replied that Rama had embraced the mafia (Balkanweb headline).
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
- Writer and public commentator who supports the protests. He says he did not organise the protest, that the Zvërnec affair exposes Rama's power system, and that the protest is a 'peaceful revolution' whose roots go back decades. Rama has attacked him publicly. A Le Monde interview (search summary) has him saying public interest is being sacrificed. In an interview on the 'Open' programme (Balkanweb summary, date not given) he argues that the Soros Foundation moved closer to the government than to civil society and that funds meant for democracy ended up supporting a political class close to Rama. He does not, in the sources read, say he received OSF or OSFA money.From the research record
- Fatos Lubonja is an Albanian writer and commentator. On the Balkanweb programme 'Open' in February 2025 he argued that the Soros foundation's stated aim of building civil society was undermined when its money went to a political class, and named Edi Rama among politicians it was linked to. He compared a past remark by Rama about civil society with a remark by Alex Soros calling Rama a 'visionary politician'. He cited no documents.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No criminal proceedings found in sources read.From the research record
- Not applicable.From the research record
- Response
- Rama publicly attacked him as part of the 'mafia' (Balkanweb). Lubonja replied that Rama had embraced the mafia (Balkanweb headline).From the research record
- None found.From the research record
Related cases
No case in the research lists this person.
Connections
Open the map →media voice: Koha (undated in search result)
Evidence: Says the protest is worth continuing for two more years, until the government resigns.
media voice: Le Monde (via Bursa.ro summary) (undated in summary)
Evidence: Says public interest is being sacrificed (search summary only).
media voice: Balkanweb (summary of 'Open' programme interview) (undated in search result)
Evidence: Says the Soros Foundation moved closer to Rama's government; democracy funds ended up supporting a political class close to Rama.
publicly criticises OSFA's role (statement only; no funding link)
Evidence: Balkanweb summary of an 'Open' TV interview: says the Soros Foundation moved closer to government and its democracy funds supported a political class close to Rama. No document shows Lubonja received OSF or OSFA money.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 27 Feb 2025
The Soros foundation's presence was justified as promoting civil society, but in practice it 'invested in a political class', naming Edi Rama among the politicians it was linked to. He contrasted a past Rama remark on civil society with Alex Soros's praise of Rama as 'visionary'.
Speaker: Fatos Lubonja
Soros justified his presence in Albania with civil society, says Lubonja (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 27 Feb 2025 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
The public praise between Alex Soros and Rama is documented (2018, 2021). No funding flow to Rama or his party is documented in the sources reviewed.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Koha
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Publisher
- Le Monde (via Bursa.ro summary)
- Date
- undated in summary