Socialist Party of Albania (PS)

Party of Taulant Balla. Subject of the 2021, 2022 and 2025 ad, spending and fake-account reporting in this file.

Contracts and money: not found in the research. See the gaps list.

• Official position←Taulant BallaSource label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  Parliamentary group chair / PS leadership

  Evidence: Balla is named as chairman of the PS parliamentary group in reporting; full role evidence is in.

• Investigation←Central Electoral Commission (KQZ)Source label: Officially reportedCode: OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDStated by an official body (SPAK, a court, the Ombudsman, a prosecutor). An accusation is verified only as an accusation.

  KQZ overspending finding on PS campaign

  Evidence: Shqiptarja (20 Oct 2022) reports KQZ found PS about 4.5 million lekë over its legal limit.

• Hypothesis←BIRN Albania (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network)Source label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  BIRN fake-account network: possible PS-aligned operation, not formally attributed

  Evidence: BIRN (via BalkanWeb, 22 July 2026) says some profile names reference Rama and the PS, but does not formally attribute the network; the PM's office denies any link to administration staff.

• Hypothesis←Exit.alSource label: UnverifiedCode: UNVERIFIEDAnonymous tip, social-media upload or a single unconfirmed report.

  Whistleblower account: Albanian network allegedly linked to government figures (not attributed to PS by any verified source)

  Evidence: Exit.al reports Sophie Zhang's account; the operators and the government link were not established by the sources reviewed.

• Communication←Exit.alSource label: Under investigationCode: UNDER_INVESTIGATIONCredible reporting or investigative material that a court has not established.

  Five pages supporting PS and attacking PD ran paid ads (2021); operators not named

  Evidence: Exit.al (15 Apr 2021): five such pages ran 341 ads, $19,452 to 10 April; the article does not say who ran them.