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Albanians abroad will vote for the first time in parliamentary elections set for May
2 weeks, 4 days 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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Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania
6 months ago

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania

Al Jazeera  

The scheme will no doubt prove to be just another costly forum for politically expedient human rights violations. Well, that dream is now becoming a reality for Italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party is overseeing an agreement with the Balkan nation of Albania to open two processing centres for seaborne asylum seekers intercepted en …

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Italy’s premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start

Associated Press  

SHENGJIN, Albania — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania on Wednesday to thank its government for its unique role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims, and to tour migrant centers she said will be ready in August. Meloni and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama in November signed a five-year deal in which Albania …

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Italy’s premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start

LA Times  

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania on Wednesday to thank its government for its unique role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims, and to tour migrant centers she said will be ready in August. Meloni and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama in November signed a five-year deal in which Albania agreed to shelter …

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‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again

Al Jazeera  

As Albanians continue to flock to the West, causing a ‘brain drain’, one family recounts a hair-raising tale of escape – and return. Pogradec, Albania – Almost every evening during the summer of 1975, Bajram Fezollari’s father, Feridon, would take him on a walk along the banks of Lake Ohrid. Feridon, a 16-year-old Bajram and 14 members of their extended …

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Demand For Albania's Medicinal Herbs Soared During Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Demand For Albania's Medicinal Herbs Soared During Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

Scents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. “Every cloud has a silver lining,” says Altin Xhaja, whose company, Albrut, has, like many others in the sector, expanded areas under cultivation and intensified harvesting of wildflowers. “The trade war between the United States …

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Prime minister hopes to make Albania a ‘tourism champion’
3 years, 8 months ago

Prime minister hopes to make Albania a ‘tourism champion’

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister hopes to win reelection this weekend so he can work on making one of Europe’s poorest countries a “champion of tourism.” The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Albania’s economy is a key issue in Sunday’s parliamentary election, which the European Union has made a condition of starting full negotiations to admit the …

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