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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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2 days, 14 hours ago

TikTok the thug of the neighbourhood, says PM as Albania shuts down app for at least a year

New Indian Express

TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025. During a meeting in Tirana with Albanian teachers, parents and psychologists Rama said that "TikTok is the thug of the neighbourhood". The killing sparked a debate in the country among parents, psychologists …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Albanian opposition leader facing corruption charges is released from house arrest

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian court on Wednesday released from house arrest former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is charged with corruption. The Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, which covers cases involving senior officials and politicians, revoked its order for Berisha’s house arrest, issued almost a year ago, without giving any reason. …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Albanian opposition supporters block the capital’s streets in an anti-government rally

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition lawmakers and their supporters blocked the capital’s main streets for hours Tuesday accusing the government of corruption and demanding it be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet until 2025 parliamentary elections. Hundreds of activists blocked traffic at Tirana’s main intersections accusing the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama of corruption, manipulating earlier elections and …

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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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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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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Albania's medical tourism boom: Affordable smiles and cosmetic procedures attract visitors

Hindustan Times

Once it was Europe's North Korea, a cloistered communist dictatorship. "My doctor in France told me about a TV documentary" about medical tourism in Albania, Gangloff told AFP. "With my job, it's important to have beautiful teeth and a good hairdo," she told AFP, saying she immediately changed her Facebook profile picture to show off her new pearly whites. "More …

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2 months ago

First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy

The Independent

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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

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

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks 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

‘Hellishly hot’ southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F

Associated Press

ROME — The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius, with the worst still to come. Croatia reported the highest-ever temperatures of the Adriatic Sea, with the thermometer reaching nearly 30 degrees Celsius …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Albanian authorities grant leave to jailed ethnic Greek ex-mayor for European Parliament opening

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prison department Sunday granted a five-day leave to an ethnic Greek minority former mayor to attend the opening session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg. Albania, a former communist country and a current NATO member, has a historically tense relationship with Greece, largely over issues of Greek minority rights and the sizable Albanian community in …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes. A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the verdicts of the court of first instance and the court of appeal which had sentenced Freddie Beleris, …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Albanian authorities strip ethnic Greek mayor of his post for alleged vote buying

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian election authorities on Friday stripped an ethnic Greek minority mayor of his post after he was imprisoned on charges of vote-buying in municipal elections last year. In response to Friday’s decision, the Greek foreign ministry issued a statement saying Beleris’ case “raises several questions concerning fundamental principles of the rule of law” in Albania. Beleris belongs …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands pay their respects to renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare at his state funeral

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of people paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral held in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute’s silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and poet who died earlier this week. Kadare’s coffin, surrounded by National Guard officers, lay in state in the entrance hall of the Opera and Ballet …

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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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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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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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7 months ago

Brazilian coach Sylvinho sworn in as Albanian citizen ahead of Euro 2024

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania coach Sylvinho, a Brazilian, and his assistants were sworn in as Albanian citizens Tuesday ahead of the European Championship. Sylvinho’s close Argentinian assistant Pablo Zabaleta and two Italians — Luca Laurenti and Gianluca Stesina — were sworn in at a ceremony in the city of Lushnja, 80 kilometers southwest of the capital Tirana, the Interior Ministry …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania has installed a “sophisticated” network of cameras along its border with Kosovo, supplied by the British government in an attempt to stem the number of migrants flowing into the United Kingdom and to track criminal activity in the region, the U.K. home office said Wednesday. Top British officials had called Albanians’ arrivals “an invasion,” sparking a …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Albania is the next big Mediterranean holiday destination, Tui boss reveals

The Independent

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Vehicle carrying suspected migrants crashes into a river in Albania, killing 8 people

New Indian Express

TIRANA, Albania: A car crashed into a river in southeastern Albania, killing all eight people on board, including seven suspected migrants and a local driver, Albanian police said Tuesday. The driver of the vehicle lost control and veered into the Vjosa River about 240 kilometers southeast of the capital, Tirana, around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, according to a police statement. …

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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’

TikTok the thug of the neighbourhood, says PM as Albania shuts down app for at least a year

Albanian opposition leader facing corruption charges is released from house arrest

Albanian opposition supporters block the capital’s streets in an anti-government rally

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

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

Albania's medical tourism boom: Affordable smiles and cosmetic procedures attract visitors

First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy

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

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

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

‘Hellishly hot’ southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F

Albanian authorities grant leave to jailed ethnic Greek ex-mayor for European Parliament opening

Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison

Albanian authorities strip ethnic Greek mayor of his post for alleged vote buying

Thousands pay their respects to renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare at his state funeral

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

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

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

Brazilian coach Sylvinho sworn in as Albanian citizen ahead of Euro 2024

Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

Albania is the next big Mediterranean holiday destination, Tui boss reveals

Vehicle carrying suspected migrants crashes into a river in Albania, killing 8 people

Albania: Violence erupts as protesters rally against government