Evis Kushi
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Status unknown
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Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Source label
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Evis Kushi (Wikipedia; search result) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Padia për shpifje: Vokshi, ministrja e arsimit tentoi që të tërhiqja deklaratat; Kushi mashtroi para medias (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 2026 · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Skandali me diplomat false te Wisdom... reagon Evis Kushi (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 17 Sep 2024 · journalism · SQ
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Full record in(id evis-kushi); this entry covers the cabinet angle only.
Response from Evis Kushi
Said no politician has avoided plagiarism accusations (Shqiptarja search summary, not opened).
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
- Full record in(id evis-kushi); this entry covers the cabinet angle only.From the research record
- Served as Minister of Education and Sports from September 2020 to September 2023. Ministry announced a three-day school closure in January 2022 citing cold weather. Named in media reports of an Italian file on Wisdom University College diploma fraud, which says gifts were being prepared for her. She denies this (see claims). No charge against her was found in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Her only SPAK file found is as plaintiff: a defamation complaint against PS deputy Albana Vokshi, who had alleged exam papers were distributed to teachers (Shqiptarja). Plagiarism accusations are reported; no prosecutorial or court finding found. Her removal as minister in 2023 was by parliamentary vote (search summary), not a corruption finding.From the research record
- No charge or investigation against her found in sources reviewed. Named in an Italian file as reported by media (2024).From the research record
- Response
- Said no politician has avoided plagiarism accusations (Shqiptarja search summary, not opened).From the research record
- Denies that the ministry is part of university or study-programme accreditation, and says she never exchanged courtesy gifts (Balkanweb, 2024-09-17, quoted in claims).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 2014
Fake diplomas: Kristal University (closed 2014) and Wisdom University College (Italian file, 2024)
Kristal University was officially closed in 2014. The Education Ministry's preliminary check of its registers found 86 false diplomas issued after closure. The ministry said it would not legalise…
Status: Kristal: closure and ministry findings; prosecution outcome not found. Wisdom: media reports of Italian file, Albanian follow-up not found
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
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What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 17 Sep 2024
Ministry of Education is not part of university or study-programme accreditation at any stage; accreditation is run by an independent board of local and foreign experts. She never exchanged courtesy gifts. (Quoted from Albanian, translated: "The Ministry is not part of the accreditation process for universities or study programmes" (translated); "I have never exchanged courtesy gifts" (translated).)
Speaker: Evis Kushi
Skandali me diplomat false te Wisdom... reagon Evis Kushi (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 17 Sep 2024 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
Media report (Balkanweb, same article) that an Italian file names Kushi and says gifts were being prepared for her, and that a wiretap suggested accreditation officials were corrupted. Article says the passage cited refers to symbolic gifts prepared by two named individuals. No charge against Kushi found; full wiretap not public in sources reviewed.
- Skandali me diplomat false te Wisdom (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 17 Sep 2024 · journalism · SQ
What was said
Only 28 schools have no heating; ministry is working with municipalities; no school has been closed for weather reasons so far (Report TV interview, as summarised).
Speaker: Evis Kushi
Kushi: po punojmë për mungesën e ngrohjeve në shkolla (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
Opposition deputy Erisa Xhixho says 90% of schools lack heating (citing a UNICEF report not located). No official national school-condition inventory was found to confirm either figure. Ministry's 2022 closure decision for three days cited cold weather (exit.al, 2022-01-20).
- Deputetja Xhixho: 90% e shkollave pa sistem ngrohjeje (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · journalism · SQ
- Albania Closes Down Schools due to Impending Low Temperatures (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 20 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
What was said · 20 Jan 2022
Ministry closed schools Monday to Wednesday because of cold weather; the ministry would monitor and could reverse (exit.al).
Speaker: Evis Kushi
Albania Closes Down Schools due to Impending Low Temperatures (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 20 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
Article shows the stated reason as cold weather and does not describe heating shortages. A separate Shqiptarja report (search summary, not opened) says the closure was due to travel risk for pupils rather than heating problems. The two framings differ.
- Ministrja e Arsimit flet për mbylljen e shkollave për shkak të uljes së temperaturave (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Government
Ministry closes all schools for three days over cold weather
Minister Evis Kushi announced closure of schools from Monday to Wednesday of the following week, citing cold weather (temperatures to -17 C in some areas, per minister). The ministry said it would monitor and could reverse. The article does not state a number of schools or any heating shortage.
Linked: Evis Kushi
Media
Media report Italian file on Wisdom University College; Kushi denies role
Balkanweb reported the Italian file naming former minister Evis Kushi (gifts reportedly prepared for her). Kushi denied that the ministry is part of accreditation and denied exchanging gifts.
Linked: Fake diplomas: Kristal University (closed 2014) and Wisdom University College (Italian file, 2024) · Evis Kushi
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 7 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- exit.al
- Date
- 20 Jan 2022
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- not recorded
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 17 Sep 2024
Source label: DisputedDisputed · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- not recorded
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- not recorded
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2026
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- 2026