The government passed in a single meeting a package of decisions and draft laws with a wide scope, ranging from energy and cybersecurity to state aid, violence against women and sensitive issues such as the administrative-territorial division. Alongside them, it also approved the dismissal of Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports Endrit Hoxha.
Package approved by the Council of Ministers
According to the official announcement by the Media and Information Agency, at the meeting held on November 12, 2026, amendments and additions to the law on state aid were approved, as well as the draft law on energy efficiency.
In the official version, the draft law on energy efficiency is presented as a general framework of measures to promote and improve the efficient use of energy in Albania. No further details on costs, deadlines or specific implementation mechanisms were made public in the same announcement.
Changes also for cybersecurity
Among the approved acts are also amendments and additions to Law No. 25/2024 on cybersecurity.
The government also approved changes to the decision on the composition, operating rules and financial treatment of the negotiating group for Albania’s accession process to the European Union. The official announcement lists the decision, but without clarifying what exactly changes in its operation or composition.
Violence against women and debates over the territorial map
At the same meeting, a decision was also approved on the composition, functioning, duties and responsibilities of the members of the coordinated mechanism for referring cases of violence against women and domestic violence.
Also on the agenda were two issues carrying political and public weight: a non-government draft law on the administrative-territorial division of local government units and initiatives to repeal the 2024 amendments to the law on protected areas. On both, the government has given its opinion to Parliament.
Endrit Hoxha relieved of duty
The Council of Ministers also approved the dismissal of Endrit Hoxha from his post as Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports.
Hoxha had previously also held the post of Deputy Minister of Education. The announcement made public after the meeting gives no reason for his departure.
The full announcement on the decisions was published after the government meeting, but some of the acts were presented only in summary form.
This still leaves essential questions unanswered about the specific content of some of the changes, particularly where public administration, cybersecurity and issues with institutional impact are affected.