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Brazilian coach Sylvinho sworn in as Albanian citizen ahead of Euro 2024
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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After 40 years of travel to Albania, has it finally come of age as a tourist destination?
11 months ago

After 40 years of travel to Albania, has it finally come of age as a tourist destination?

The Independent  

The first-ever long weekend holiday to Albania ended badly. open image in gallery Distant dream: the beach at Durres in Albania Religious plurality and tolerance are now a selling point for a nation that is anchored at the foot of Europe’s GDP per capita table. A former nuclear bunker-turned-museum lifts the lid on the extreme hard-line communism that, for decades, …

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Albania gives citizenship to Brazilian coach Sylvinho who has led team to Euro 2024
1 year ago

Albania gives citizenship to Brazilian coach Sylvinho who has led team to Euro 2024

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania coach Sylvinho, a Brazilian, received Albanian citizenship on Monday in a show of appreciation for qualifying the tiny Western Balkan country for the European Championship. Prime Minister Edi Rama invited President Bajram Begaj and Sylvinho to the podium of the “Best of 2023” gala for the ceremony. An emotional Sylvinho remembered his journey from Sao Paolo …

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Kosovo-Serbia tension threatens the Balkan path to EU integration, Germany’s foreign minister warns
1 year, 2 months ago

Kosovo-Serbia tension threatens the Balkan path to EU integration, Germany’s foreign minister warns

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Germany’s foreign minister on Friday expressed the European Union’s deep concerns following the recent shootout between masked Serb gunmen and Kosovo police that left four people dead and sent tensions soaring in the region. Annalena Baerbock was in Tirana, Albania at a foreign ministers’ meeting ahead of the Oct. 16 summit on the Berlin Process, an initiative …

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How is the US involved in the Iran-Albanian political crisis?
2 years, 3 months ago

How is the US involved in the Iran-Albanian political crisis?

Al Jazeera  

Tehran claims Tirana has become the victim of a plot by Washington to further tarnish already-strained diplomatic relations. In addition to condemning the cyberattack, Washington on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry, in addition to intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, for what it called “malign cyber activities”. Iran’s mission to the UN and its foreign ministry denied what it called …

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Albania opens murder investigation into deaths of 4 Russians
3 years 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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Western Balkan nations postpone school openings due to virus
3 years, 3 months ago

Western Balkan nations postpone school openings due to virus

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo on Tuesday postponed the beginning of the school year for students up through high school by two weeks following a surge of coronavirus infections due to the delta variant, and new precautions were taken in other Western Balkan countries like Albania and Serbia. Perparim Kryeziu, the spokesman for the Kosovo government, told the Associated Press that …

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