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Life after TikTok: The European country that banned videos

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European country bans TikTok for one year after death of teenager

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Italy vows to push ahead with dormant migrant vetting centers in Albania

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MILAN — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government vowed on Monday to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have remained dormant after Italian courts refused to validate the transfer of the first two groups of migrants. The statement cited a court ruling last week by Italy’s highest court that said Italian judges could not substitute for government policy on …

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4 weeks ago

UEFA officially punishes Serbia for fan misconduct including trying to burn Albania flag

The Hindu

UEFA punished Serbia’s soccer federation for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games, including trying to burn an Albania flag in Switzerland. The decision was announced Friday, hours before Serbia and Albania were drawn by FIFA into the same qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup — meaning they will play each other twice, home and away. UEFA …

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England and new coach Tuchel land in 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia and Albania

Hindustan Times

ZURICH — Thomas Tuchel’s first official duty as England coach on Friday was to see his new team drawn in a 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra. HT Image Tuchel starts work in January as the first German coach of the 1966 World Cup winner but was at FIFA headquarters to see the 54 European …

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England and new coach Tuchel land in 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia and Albania

Associated Press

ZURICH — Thomas Tuchel’s first official duty as England coach on Friday was to see his new team drawn in a 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra. Tuchel starts work in January as the first German coach of the 1966 World Cup winner but was at FIFA headquarters to see the 54 European teams drawn …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

England to face Serbia in European qualifying for 2026 FIFA World Cup

Al Jazeera

The draw for the European qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has pitted England against Serbia in the group stage. Spain take on Netherlands in their Nations League quarterfinal, and the winner will join Turkiye, Georgia and Bulgaria in Group E while the losing team goes into Group G alongside Poland, Finland, Lithuania and Malta. World Cup 2022 runners-up …

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1 month ago

Albanians abroad will vote for the first time in parliamentary elections set for May

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s president on Thursday set May 11 as the date for the country’s next parliamentary election, and Albanians living in other countries will for the first time be able to cast ballots from overseas. Albania’s number of potential voters is 3.6 million even though the small Balkan country’s current population is no more than 2.4 million. Albania’s …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania

Al Jazeera

Under the deal, people from ‘safe’ countries are to be held in Albania while their claims for asylum are processed. Seven asylum seekers have been sent back to Italy from Albania after a court in Rome refused a formal request to detain them in the Balkan nation, a setback for a contentious programme championed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. …

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2 months ago

Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU

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Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU

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MILAN — An Italian naval ship carrying migrants was en route Wednesday to Albania to have asylum applications processed under a five-year deal to handle asylum claims outside the European Union’s borders that has already hit a legal roadblock. The Italian daily La Repubblica reported that out of 1,200 migrant arrivals on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa over the last …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

European Commission chief assures Western Balkans of the bloc's enlargement progress

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy Rejects Albanian Migrant Deal, Stalling Asylum-Seeker Exodus

China Daily

Italy's government has made a fresh legislative effort to get its migration pact with Albania into operation after a court ruling scuppered the move. The agreement, which would have seen Italian-built and funded detention camps put up in Albania, where asylum-seekers would be sent while their applications were processed, was scrapped by a court in Rome due to concerns about …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy hopes to save Albania migrant plan

China Daily

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-10-23 09:26 People on a fishing boat move past an Italian coast guard vessel that arrived to transfer migrants, who were intercepted at sea and later detained at a reception facility in Albania, before being returned to Italy after a court in Rome overturned their detention orders, in Shengjin, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy's Migration Policy Under Fire as Court Objects to Asylum Plan for Albania

Live Mint

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to push ahead with a controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Albania after a court in Rome raised objections. The court ruled against the government's plan to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in the Balkan country, arguing that it's impossible to recognize the detainees' countries of origin as

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy Set to Adopt Decree to Override Court Objections on Albanian Migrant Camps

Hindustan Times

Italy is set to adopt a decree to overturn court objections on its plan to set up migrant detention camps in Albania. The plan was initially undermined by a Rome court ruling that deemed the first batch of migrants brought to Albania as unsafe due to their countries of origin. The Italian government plans to upgrade the legal status of …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Albanian father-of-four who fatally shot man in the head with AK-47 wins right to stay in the UK under ECHR - after falsely claiming to be seeking asylum

Daily Mail

An Albanian man wanted for murder has won the right to stay in Great Britain under the European Convention on Human Rights. Fatmir Bleta, 64, was sentenced to 13 prison after leaving Albania - where he allegedly shot a man in the head with a Kalashnikov rifle. Documents seen by the Telegraph reveal that Bleta resisted extradition efforts by arguing …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Giorgia Meloni’s Albania migrant deal won’t work here

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Italy can do what Britain cannot with migration

The Telegraph

Albania is legally closer to Europe than Rwanda While it is expected the vast majority of claims will be rejected, any migrant making a successful claim from Albania will be allowed into Italy. “The preliminary assessment by our legal service is that this is not violating EU law, it’s outside EU law,” said Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home …

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4 months, 1 week ago

An ethnic Greek politician and EU lawmaker is released on probation in Albania

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — A former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town, whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, has been released on probation, his office and a lawyer said Monday. Writing on his Facebook page, Beleris thanked Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for including him on his party’s ballot, which he said “changed the course of my …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Italy thinks 'outside box' as Albania camp opens

China Daily

This aerial view shows a main compound of the future Italian-run migrant centre in the port of Shengjin, Albania on July 29. "Italian and European legislation will be applied in these centers," Fabrizio Bucci, Italy's ambassador in Albania, told the BBC. The five-year agreement between Italy and Albania includes an option to extend the term, contingent on its effectiveness in …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Italy thinks 'outside box' as Albania camp opens

China Daily

This aerial view shows a main compound of the future Italian-run migrant centre in the port of Shengjin, Albania on July 29. "Italian and European legislation will be applied in these centers," Fabrizio Bucci, Italy's ambassador in Albania, told the BBC. The five-year agreement between Italy and Albania includes an option to extend the term, contingent on its effectiveness in …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Italy confirms construction delays in Albania will push back opening of migrant processing centers

Associated Press

ROME — Italian officials confirmed that Italy’s controversial new migrant processing centers in Albania, o riginally scheduled to open Thursday, won’t be operational for several more weeks because of construction delays. An Italian interior ministry spokesman confirmed that Mantovano’s assessment of a weekslong delay, first made on the sidelines of a July 24 conference, remained accurate Thursday when the centers …

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5 months, 1 week ago

North Macedonia is seeking EU assistance as wildfires burn across the Balkans

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia said it was seeking further assistance from the European Union Tuesday to combat wildfires that continue to burn out of control in heatwave temperatures and have crossed the southern border into Greece. Large wildfires in parts of North Macedonia this week destroyed and damaged homes, forced evacuations and claimed the life of an elderly …

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Life after TikTok: The European country that banned videos

European country bans TikTok for one year after death of teenager

Italy vows to push ahead with dormant migrant vetting centers in Albania

UEFA officially punishes Serbia for fan misconduct including trying to burn Albania flag

England and new coach Tuchel land in 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia and Albania

England and new coach Tuchel land in 2026 World Cup qualifying group with Serbia and Albania

England to face Serbia in European qualifying for 2026 FIFA World Cup

Albanians abroad will vote for the first time in parliamentary elections set for May

Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania

Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU

Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU

European Commission chief assures Western Balkans of the bloc's enlargement progress

Italy Rejects Albanian Migrant Deal, Stalling Asylum-Seeker Exodus

Italy hopes to save Albania migrant plan

Italy's Migration Policy Under Fire as Court Objects to Asylum Plan for Albania

Italy Set to Adopt Decree to Override Court Objections on Albanian Migrant Camps

Albanian father-of-four who fatally shot man in the head with AK-47 wins right to stay in the UK under ECHR - after falsely claiming to be seeking asylum

Giorgia Meloni’s Albania migrant deal won’t work here

Why Italy can do what Britain cannot with migration

An ethnic Greek politician and EU lawmaker is released on probation in Albania

Italy thinks 'outside box' as Albania camp opens

Italy thinks 'outside box' as Albania camp opens

Italy confirms construction delays in Albania will push back opening of migrant processing centers

North Macedonia is seeking EU assistance as wildfires burn across the Balkans