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Explained: Why has Albania banned TikTok for a year?
1 week ago

Explained: Why has Albania banned TikTok for a year?

Firstpost  

Albania has enforced a one-year ban on TikTok, citing concerns over cyberbullying and youth violence. File Image/Reuters The Albanian government has officially imposed a one-year ban on TikTok, citing concerns about the platform’s influence on children, particularly in relation to cyberbullying, exposure to harmful content, and the promotion of violent behaviour. Vendimi për mbylljen e përkohshme të TikTokut është e …

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Italy defends plan to process asylum-seekers in Albania at EU’s top court
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Italy defends plan to process asylum-seekers in Albania at EU’s top court

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Italian government told judges at the European Union’s highest court on Tuesday that its transfers of migrants to asylum processing centers in Albania comply with EU and human rights laws. The European Court of Justice has fast-tracked a pair of cases brought by two Bangladeshis who had their asylum applications rejected after a single remote …

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Albanian court decides that capital’s mayor should remain in custody during corruption investigation
1 month ago

Albanian court decides that capital’s mayor should remain in custody during corruption investigation

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian court on Wednesday decided that the capital’s mayor should remain in custody while he is investigated for corruption involving public funds. The Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, which handles cases involving top officials and politicians, arrested Mayor Erion Veliaj Monday on corruption allegations involving at least 1.1 million Euro of public funds allegedly …

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Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia
1 year, 2 months ago

Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania on Friday returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago, Albania’s Culture Ministry said. The icons, frescoes and other pieces were taken from churches and cultural centers in southeastern Albania and in the neighboring North Macedonia. In 2013, North Macedonian experts recognized the icons when Albanian television stations broadcast Albanian Prime …

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By the powers of AI: Albania to speed up EU accession process by using ChatGPT
1 year, 3 months ago

By the powers of AI: Albania to speed up EU accession process by using ChatGPT

Firstpost  

The Albanian government in a partnership with OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, to streamline the translation and incorporation of thousands of pages of European Union legal measures and provisions into the Albanian language, to speed up Albania’s accession into EU In a groundbreaking move, the Albanian government has entered into an agreement with OpenAI, the parent company of the renowned …

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Albania’s Constitutional Court blocks Parliament’s ratification of deal with Italy on migrants
1 year, 3 months ago

Albania’s Constitutional Court blocks Parliament’s ratification of deal with Italy on migrants

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday blocked, at least temporarily, the ratification by lawmakers of a contentious deal that Tirana signed with Rome to process asylum applications of some migrants arriving in Italy by sea in Albania instead. The court’s chief judge, Olta Zacaj, said the court would hold a public hearing on Jan. 18 to determine whether …

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Albania’s Constitutional Court blocks Parliament's ratification of deal with Italy on migrants
1 year, 3 months ago

Albania’s Constitutional Court blocks Parliament's ratification of deal with Italy on migrants

The Independent  

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Rishi Sunak concedes patience of British public has ‘worn thin’ over Rwanda delay
1 year, 3 months ago

Rishi Sunak concedes patience of British public has ‘worn thin’ over Rwanda delay

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has conceded the patience of the British public has now “worn thin” over delays to his Rwanda policy. Mr Sunak’s plan to deport illegal migrants to the African nation was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court last month after the Court of Appeal also blocked it earlier in the year. My patience is worn thin, the British people’s …

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Albania declares holiday for Europa Conference League final
2 years, 9 months ago

Albania declares holiday for Europa Conference League final

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian government has declared a public holiday in Tirana for next Wednesday when the capital city hosts the Europa Conference League final between Roma and Feyenoord. There will be a pedestrian-only zone as part of measures “to organize in the most exemplary way one of the most major events that have occurred in Albania,” Interior Minister …

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Albania opens murder investigation into deaths of 4 Russians
3 years, 3 months ago

Albania opens murder investigation into deaths of 4 Russians

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian prosecutors said on Thursday that they have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of four Russian tourists at a local beach resort last month. The four Russians — a married couple, their daughter and son-in-law — were found dead in a hotel sauna in the village of Qerret, 50 kilometers west of the capital Tirana, …

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US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption
3 years, 9 months ago

US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — The United States on Wednesday sanctioned former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha for alleged “significant corruption” and barred him and his wife and children from entering the U.S. Berisha, 76, who also served as Albania’s president from 1992 to 1997, is currently a lawmaker representing the opposition Democratic Party. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in …

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Chinese investors show increasing interest in Albania: Official
7 years, 11 months ago

Chinese investors show increasing interest in Albania: Official

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-04-12 11:37 TIRANA — In the last two years, there has been increasing interest from Chinese companies to invest in Albania and based on such growing interest, Albania could become a "focal point" in the Western Balkans for Chinese investments, whether public or private, a senior Albanian official told Xinhua in a written interview Tuesday. Meanwhile, Beqiri …

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3 Albanian elected officials terminated for criminal records
8 years, 2 months ago

3 Albanian elected officials terminated for criminal records

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Central Election Commission has canceled the mandates of two members of Parliament and a mayor because of their criminal records. Since mayors are under the central government’s jurisdiction, Prime Minister Edi Rama also dismissed Roshi from his post “for grave law violations.” The lawmakers and the mayor’s lawyer said they would appeal the commission’s verdict. Fighting …

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Albania opens Communist-era nuclear bunker to public
10 years, 3 months ago

Albania opens Communist-era nuclear bunker to public

India TV News  

Tirana: The Albanian government has opened to the public the country's biggest Communist-era nuclear bunker, a secret symbol of the 40-year Cold War and the extravagances of the Communist regime. Petrit, a native of the southern city of Fier, said that despite having lived under communism, he never thought "to see something as magnificent as Bunker Art", a five-story palace …

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