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Albanian prime minister says TikTok ban was not a ‘rushed reaction to a single incident’

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister said Sunday the ban on TikTok his government announced a day earlier was “not a rushed reaction to a single incident.” Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government will shut down TikTok for one year, accusing the popular video service of inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. “The ban on TikTok for …

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Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for promoting violence among children

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The company said it had “found no evidence that the perpetrator or victim had TikTok accounts, and multiple reports have in fact confirmed videos leading up to this incident were …

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Albania to close TikTok for a year, says it promotes violence and bullying among children

LA Times

There has been increasing concern from Albanian parents after reports of children taking knives to school to use in quarrels or cases of bullying promoted by stories they see on TikTok. Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The company …

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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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Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash

NPR

Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash A court in Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister after he spent nearly a year under house arrest. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A court in the Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister, Sali Berisha. WILLEM MARX, BYLINE: A …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania

Hindustan Times

ROME -A Rome court on Monday asked EU judges to weigh in on the detention of sea migrants in Albania, again frustrating the Italian right-wing government's efforts to pursue its flagship plan to crackdown on irregular arrivals. Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has built migrant camps in Albania to deter Mediterranean crossings, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state

NPR

Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood — similar to the Vatican in Italy — to a Muslim minority within the country. It's not often that plans for an entirely new nation are announced in public without a revolution, civil war, even so much as a spirited debate, …

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2 months 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 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 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, 1 week ago

Albania will intake Italy’s asylum seekers, as a gesture of gratitude, but not other EU countries, PM says

LA Times

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama attends a news conference following the second intergovernmental EU-Albania conference in Luxembourg on Tuesday. Albania’s prime minister on Tuesday said his government had turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum seekers but made an exception for Italy. An Italian navy ship was expected to dock at the …

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3 months ago

Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican

Hindustan Times

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican Speaking at the United Nations, Rama pointed out that Albania, a tiny …

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3 months ago

Migration on agenda as Starmer visits Rome

China Daily

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands at a press conference at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy on Sept 16. United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is "interested" in finding out more about Italy's migration control plans, including one for the temporary holding of migrants in Albania, ahead of a visit …

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3 months, 1 week ago

UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni's tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

Hindustan Times

ROME — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday, as the center-left British leader aimed to learn how her right-wing government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy's shores by boat. UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni's tough migration policies at meeting in Rome {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} …

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3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Watch as Starmer meets Italy’s PM in Rome to discuss migrant crossings

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The pair are expected to discuss migrant boat crossings, with …

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3 months, 1 week ago

U.K. leader seeks to learn from Italy’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

LA Times

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday, as the center-left British leader aimed to learn how her right-wing government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores by boat. But migration has climbed the U.K. political agenda, and Starmer hopes Italy’s tough approach can help him stop people fleeing …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer open to offshoring asylum seekers to Albania like Italian scheme

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks 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 ago

Ethnic Greek politician returns to prison in Albania after attending European Parliament opening

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — arrived in Athens Monday en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session. “To help the Greek ethnic minority stay in its ancestral home, but also for this …

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6 months ago

Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave

Al Jazeera

Cause of blackout remains unknown, but early indications point to spike in electricity use due to severe heat enveloping the region. A major electricity blackout has hit Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and most of Croatia’s Adriatic coast, leaving people sweltering in the middle of a severe heatwave. “The exact cause of the blackout is still unknown, but we presume …

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7 months ago

UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort to cut illegal migration, saying small boat arrivals from Albania to the U.K. fell by over 90% in 2023 as the two countries fought people smuggling gangs, according to a Foreign Office statement. The statement said “the partnership between the U.K. and Albania stands out …

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10 months ago

Albania: Violence erupts as protesters rally against government

Firstpost

Tuesday was the chosen day for the demonstration in honor of the February 20, 1991, event in which pro-democracy protestors destroyed the statue of Enver Hoxha, the longstanding communist dictator of Albania Rama is accused of nepotism and corruption by the main opposition Democratic Party, which claims that these practices are driving many young people to emigrate in search of …

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Albanian prime minister says TikTok ban was not a ‘rushed reaction to a single incident’

Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for promoting violence among children

Albania to close TikTok for a year, says it promotes violence and bullying among children

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

Albania releases former president as police and protestors clash

Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania

Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state

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

Albania will intake Italy’s asylum seekers, as a gesture of gratitude, but not other EU countries, PM says

Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican

Migration on agenda as Starmer visits Rome

UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni's tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

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

Watch as Starmer meets Italy’s PM in Rome to discuss migrant crossings

U.K. leader seeks to learn from Italy’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

Starmer open to offshoring asylum seekers to Albania like Italian scheme

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

Ethnic Greek politician returns to prison in Albania after attending European Parliament opening

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave

UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration

Albania: Violence erupts as protesters rally against government