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Albanian authorities grant leave to jailed ethnic Greek ex-mayor for European Parliament opening
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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UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration
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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Vehicle carrying suspected migrants crashes into a river in Albania, killing 8 people
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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Opposition supporters in Albania protest alleged corruption in Cabinet
10 months ago

Opposition supporters in Albania protest alleged corruption in Cabinet

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of supporters of Albania’s opposition held a protest Tuesday accusing the Cabinet of corruption. Since October, opposition lawmakers have regularly disrupted parliament sessions to protest the ruling left-wing Socialists’ refusal to create parliamentary commissions to investigate alleged cases of corruption involving Prime Minister Edi Rama and other top officials. Tuesday’s protest also showed support for former …

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Albania’s opposition tries to disrupt a parliament session in protest against ruling Socialists
1 year, 1 month ago

Albania’s opposition tries to disrupt a parliament session in protest against ruling Socialists

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition lawmakers on Thursday caused commotion in Parliament, trying to disrupt a session in protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists. Sali Berisha, leader of one group in the heavily divided center-right Democratic Party, described the melee in parliament as a “temporary strike” and said the Democrats would continue with …

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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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