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Albania: This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers. Now they’re coming back to life
54 years, 11 months ago

Albania: This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers. Now they’re coming back to life

CNN  

Tirana CNN — Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. His regime’s mistrust of communist allies, use of state surveillance, and Stalinist-style brutality earned Albania the unflattering nickname, the “North Korea of Europe.” After Hoxha’s 44-year reign of terror ended in 1985 – and communist rule …

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Albania: This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers. Now they’re coming back to life
54 years, 11 months ago

Albania: This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers. Now they’re coming back to life

CNN  

Tirana CNN — Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. His regime’s mistrust of communist allies, use of state surveillance, and Stalinist-style brutality earned Albania the unflattering nickname, the “North Korea of Europe.” After Hoxha’s 44-year reign of terror ended in 1985 – and communist rule …

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UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni's tough migration policies at meeting in Rome
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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U.K. leader seeks to learn from Italy’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome
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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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Ukraine’s president pleaded Wednesday for more ammunition to repel Russian advances as he co-hosted a summit with Albania’s government to build further support for Kyiv among southeastern European countries while signs of war fatigue grow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that increasing the supply of armaments, and especially ammunition, was paramount for Ukraine just over two years …

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Albania agrees to temporarily house migrants who reach Italy while their asylum bids are processed
1 year, 1 month ago

Albania agrees to temporarily house migrants who reach Italy while their asylum bids are processed

Associated Press  

ROME — Albania agreed Monday to give temporary shelter to some of the thousands of migrants who reach Italian shores while their asylum bids are being processed, offering its neighbor across the Adriatic Sea some relief in managing some of the arrivals. If Italy rejects the asylum bids, Albania would deport the migrants. That could help relieve chronic overcrowding at …

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The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness
1 year, 11 months ago

The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness

BBC  

The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness jahmaica/Alamy The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe's last true wilderness Stretching 192km, the Peak of the Balkans Trail bridges three previously war-torn nations and crosses through some of the continent's least-explored landscapes. Stretching from Northern Albania into southern Kosovo and north-eastern Montenegro, the Albanian Alps are better known by …

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Host Albania has high hopes for EU-Western Balkans summit
2 years ago

Host Albania has high hopes for EU-Western Balkans summit

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Albania's prime minister said Monday that a European Union summit in …

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Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague
2 years, 2 months ago

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Three former presidents of Albania and one of Kosovo on Wednesday visited ethnic Albanian former commanders in the fight against Serbian rule in Kosovo who are being held in a Netherlands prison pending trial for alleged war crimes. support and solidarity with their last battle in defense of Kosovo’s war for freedom and independence.” An EU-backed war …

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US imposes new sanctions on Iran over Albanian cyberattack
2 years, 3 months ago

US imposes new sanctions on Iran over Albanian cyberattack

Al Jazeera  

US sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry come after Albania blamed Iran for the July incident, which Tehran has denied. Washington, DC – The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security over what it called “malign cyber activities” as the two countries struggle to find a way back into the 2015 nuclear deal. “Iran’s cyber …

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Terror threat cancels Iranian opposition’s summit in Albania
2 years, 5 months ago

Terror threat cancels Iranian opposition’s summit in Albania

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Iranian dissidents in Albania on Friday said they had canceled a summit following warnings from local authorities of a possible terrorist threat. Some 3,000 Iranian dissidents from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, best known as MEK, live at Ashraf 3 camp in Manez, 30 kilometers west of Albania’s capital, Tirana. They had planned to hold at their camp the Free …

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Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims
2 years, 5 months ago

Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Parliament has asked Europe’s top human rights body to rescind a 2011 resolution that cited since-unsubstantiated allegations of human organ harvesting during the 1990s war in Kosovo. In 2011, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly passed a resolution calling for a European Union mission in Kosovo to investigate “war crimes and organ trafficking” in Kosovo …

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EU starts membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia
2 years, 5 months ago

EU starts membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union started membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia on Tuesday, a long-delayed step in the Balkan nations’ paths toward EU membership that gained momentum amid the war in Ukraine. The result of your hard work,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Rama and Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski of North Macedonia,. It was only …

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