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Mar 20

Albanian PM refuses to apologize after pushing journalist who asked about Jared Kushner project

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Mar 30

International Booker Prize 2024: A reader’s guide to the 13 translated books on the longlist

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Mar 04

Albania reopens communist-era air base after $54 million NATO refurbishment: Kucova air base in Albania reopened on March 4 after undergoing a 50 million euro ...

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Feb 28

Albanian PM blames West for delays and restrictions in supporting Ukraine: The Western Balkans are ready to contribute to the fight against Russia amid European ...

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Feb 21

Thousands gathered in Tirana, Albania to protest against Prime Minister Edi Rama's leftwing government and demand the release of opposition leader Sali Berisha ... Show more

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Feb 21

Albaniens Edi Rama: "Leider hat die EU Wladimir Putin gebraucht": Wie nah ist Albanien dem EU-Beitritt? Der Ukraine-Krieg hat dem dem ...

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Feb 26

Is Albania ready to join the EU?: Albania is one of nine countries attempting to join the EU. What’s the process and is it ready to join?

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TechCrunch Mar 31

The market is forcing cloud vendors to relax data egress fees: As a number of factors come into play, like the reality of a multi-cloud world and a stricter ...

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Feb 14

The administration of Edi Rama is seeking to drastically alter the legislation on protected areas in order to facilitate construction for “strategic purposes” ... Show more

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Feb 21

On Tuesday, Albania and Turkey signed an agreement on “media and communications” during the course of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s visit to Turkey ... Show more

Turkey-Albania Media Deal Risks 'Exporting Erdogan's Propaganda' – Experts | Balkan Insight

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Mar 26

Several activists gathered in front of Albania Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday asking the Prime Minister to apologise to the journalist Ambrozia Meta after ... Show more

Albanian PM's 'Intimidation' of Woman Journalist Condemned | Balkan Insight

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Feb 22

Albania's parliament has ratified a migration agreement with Italy. It is based on a declaration of intent signed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and ... Show more

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Mar 19

Albanian PM’s ‘Intimidation’ of Woman Journalist Condemned: Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama declined to answer questions from journalist Ambrozia Meta and ...

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ekathimerini.com Mar 06

Rama burns bridges with Beleri conviction | eKathimerini.com: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s choice to cut ties with Athens was reflected by Tuesday’s ruling ...

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Mar 05

Albanian Public Broadcaster Fires Programme Director for Social Media Post: A programme director at the Albanian public broadcaster RTSH was fired by the new ...

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Feb 28

Zelensky to attend Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit in Albania: In Albania, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in the Ukraine-Southeast Europe ...

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Yeni Şafak Feb 21

Türkiye's assistance to Albania, Kosovo will never be forgotten: Albanian premier

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Feb 21

Ruling Socialists face accusations that they are the real movers behind an opposition MP’s proposal to widen an amnesty to include officials sentenced for ... Show more

Albanian Socialists 'Fishing for Votes' to Pardon Corrupt Officials | Balkan Insight

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Feb 22

Muslim World League Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa met on Wednesday Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in the capital Tirana ... Show more

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Feb 22

Lucas: Follow the $$ through case of spies & State Dept.: Politics in Albania is tribal, mean and vindictive, just like in America.

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Daily Sabah Feb 20

Erdoğan receives Albanian PM as countries seek to enhance cooperation: Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama was in Türkiye on Tuesday upon the invitation of ...

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Feb 15

Even in friendly Albania, Antony Blinken is hounded by Israel-Gaza war: US Secretary of State is on a three-day trip to Europe

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ekathimerini.com Feb 18

The anatomy of a Kafkaesque drama: For the past nine months, Kathimerini has been drawing attention to the judicial odyssey of Fredi Beleri ...

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Yeni Şafak Feb 16

US committed to supporting Albania's EU accession: Blinken: Washington has been, is and will remain steadfast supporter of final recognition of Kosovo ...

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Feb 13

The protocols signed by Albanian PM Edi Rama and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni last November, by which the government in Tirana will allow Italy to build camps for ... Show more

Albanians Aren’t Indebted to Italy for its 1990s ‘Welcome’ | Balkan Insight

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Feb 14

Edi Rama’s government is attempting to radically change the law on protected areas, paving the way for construction for ‘strategic purposes’ and skipping the ... Show more

Albanian Activists Condemn Govt ‘Trick’, Paving Way for Investments in Protected Areas | Balkan Insight

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Feb 06

Albania’s former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj has agreed to pay $150,000 to a US lobbying company in a bid to persuade the US government that charges ... Show more

Fugitive Albanian Politician, Wanted for Corruption, Hires US Lobbyists | Balkan Insight

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Jan 29

Albania's Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the controversial deal with Italy on hosting and processing migrants and refugees found at sea does not ... Show more

Albanian Court Approves Deal with Italy on Processing Migrants | Balkan Insight

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Jan 05

Albanian Officials Spent Thousands in Trump Hotel, US Report Shows: A report from the US Committee on Oversight and Accountability says the Albanian government ...

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Jan 04

Albania: Fight against high-level corruption gains traction: Following judicial reforms, a court has ordered house arrest for ex-PM Sali Berisha while he is ...

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Albania's ex-Prime Minister Berisha put under house arrest while investigated for corruption

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Dec 29 23

Albanian court rejects ethnic Greek mayor-elect’s request to exclude two of the three judges from his trial on grounds of bias. Read more 👇🏼Albanian Court Dismisses Request to Exclude 'Biased' Judges From Beleri Trial | Balkan Insight

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Jan 20

Migration across the Mediterranean: High hurdles for Italy's deportation center in Albania

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Jan 11

When former prime minister Sali Berisha chose to speak through the window to his followers who had gathered outside his house on January 3 while under house ... Show more

‘All Albania Loves You’: Berisha’s Supporters Gather Daily to Hear Arrested Hero | Balkan Insight

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Jan 03

🇦🇱| After the Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime accepted the prosecution’s request to put former PM Sali Berisha under the house arrest on December ... Show more

Albania Court Orders Former PM Berisha’s 'Arrest at Home' | Balkan Insight

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Dec 21 23

Smoke bombs thrown in Albanian parliament after former president Sali Berisha stripped of immunity

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Dec 20 23

Albanian Plan to Use AI to Align Laws With EU Questioned: Rama says his government will work with Chat GPT to align Albanian laws with the EU and so cut ...

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Jan 22

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has repeatedly claimed that Albania will not pay a large fine imposed by the International Court of Arbitration as ... Show more

Brussels Court Blocks Albania Air Traffic Control's Accounts Over Unpaid Fine | Balkan Insight

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Euronews

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Dec 17 23

Migration cannot replace population growth: Albanian Prime Minister defends migration agreement with Italy. Elon Musk says migration cannot replace population ...

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Jan 18

Albanian Former Health Minister Ilir Beqaj once oversaw millions of euros in EU assistance for Albania; prosecutors believe he was embezzling much of it with ... Show more

Gourmet Graft: The High-End Tirana Restaurant Helping Embezzle EU Funds | Balkan Insight

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Dec 12 23

ALBANIA: Charged with ‘passive corruption’ in October, Sali Berisha has ignored an order to report regularly to police. Read more. ⬇️Albanian Prosecutors Seek House Arrest for Former PM Berisha | Balkan Insight

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Jan 17

Despite promises of a tax-funded healthcare system, Albanians still have to pay for a large part of their medical costs themselves ... Show more

The Price of Health: Albanian Patients Count the Cost of Medical Bills | Balkan Insight

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Jan 12

Albania’s Latest Cabinet Changes Are Window-Dressing, Analyst Says: Prime Minister Rama's latest cabinet re-organisation, creating one new ...

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Elon Musk to attend 'Atreju' political festival organised by Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni

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Dec 08 23

Why is Albania's opposition party protesting in parliament?: Flares ignite dissent as the opposition battles against allegations of corruption ...

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Dec 31 23

Albanian Court Dismisses Request to Exclude ‘Biased’ Judges From Beleri Trial: Albanian court rejects ethnic Greek mayor-elect's request to exclude two of ...

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Albanian opposition protests budget in parliament with smoke bombs and fire: Albania's opposition Democratic Party members set off smoke bombs and lit a small ...

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Dec 29 23

Lucas: Echoes of Trump in Albania: What is sad about it all is this: Little struggling former communist countries like Albania imitate the United States and look ...

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ekathimerini.com Dec 29 23

Prolonged deadlock persists over Beleri’s detention: Greece is anticipating an initiative from the Albanian government of Prime Minister Edi Rama to address the ...

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DW-TV

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Albania: Why were there smoke bombs in parliament this week?: A government with seemingly unlimited power, a weak and divided opposition and a rebellious former ...

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ekathimerini.com Dec 24 23

Letter to Rama: Beleri challenges interim appointment plans: Fredi Beleri, the incarcerated ethnic Greek elected mayor of the Albanian region of Himare ...

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ekathimerini.com Dec 22 23

Tentative step taken in Beleri case: In a move on Thursday that, under certain circumstances, might open the door to a compromise in the case of jailed ethnic ...

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Balkan Insight's Transitional Justice : The incomplete remains of at least six people, suspected to be victims of the 1992-95 war, were exhumed from a mass grave in churchyard in the Novo ... Show more

Italian Refugee Deal Draws Xenophobic Meme Response in Albania | Balkan Insight

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Nov 08 23

Meloni's asylum procedure camp in Albania: Interim camp not planned: Meloni and her Albanian counterpart Rama agree on a stopover for people rescued from the ...

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Nov 21 23

Pyro in Parliament: Opposition lights smoke flares - to prevent voting: The Albanian parliament, which is dominated by the Socialist Party, actually wanted to ...

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Dec 16 23

Rishi Sunak in Rome for illegal migration talks with Italy and Albania leaders: The Prime Minister will also make an appearance among at a right-wing political ...

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Quick Glance: Sunak Warns of Migrant Threat: UK & Italy Fund Tunisia Plan

Rishi Sunak warns of overwhelming Europe with illegal migration, proposing changes to global refugee rules.

The UK and Italy will jointly finance a project to promote and assist the voluntary return of migrants stuck in Tunisia.

Following talks with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Sunak and Meloni agreed to support a repatriation project.

In his speech at the Atreju event organized by Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, Sunak emphasized the need for radical solutions to protect countries’ borders.

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Nov 06 23

Europe migrant crisis: Italy to build migrant centres in Albania: The centres will be able to process more than 30,000 asylum seekers a year, Italy's PM has said ...

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Quick Glance: Italy to Build Migrant Centers in Albania

The centers will open next spring and can process up to 36,000 people per year.

The centers will be built at the port of Shengjin and the Gjader area in north-west Albania.

Albania responds when Italy calls.

Italy is in a difficult situation, which is evident to everyone.

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Why is the West banking on Rama?: Judgment time is near for the jailed mayor-elect of the ethnic-Greek Albanian town of Himare, as the special corruption court ...

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balkaninsight.com/2023/12/18/veteran-albanian-politician-sali-berisha-faces-loss-of-parliamentary-immunity/

Dec 18 23

Veteran Albanian Politician Sali Berisha Faces Loss of Parliamentary Immunity: Supporters of Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption, protested outside the ...

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Nov 11 23

Italy: Meloni's migration agreement with Albania meets with criticism: After Giorgia Meloni signed a migration agreement with Albania, the opposition and ...

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Meloni’s Migration Deal Called Into Question by Albanian Court: Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas ...

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Nov 07 23

Camp in Albania: Meloni wants to take asylum seekers out of the country: Facilities are to be created in Albania for this purpose. The aim is to process asylum ...

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Dec 04 23

Albanian opposition smoke-bombs parliament: An Albanian opposition member of parliament (MP) has disrupted a plenary session of the parliament ...

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Dec 13 23

Albania to speed up EU accession using ChatGPT

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Bloomberg

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Dec 07 23

Albania: Opposition Asks Top Court to Halt Meloni’s Asylum Deal: Albania’s opposition challenged an asylum agreement announced last month between Prime Minister ...

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ekathimerini.com Dec 08 23

Albanian PM defiant over Beleri issue: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has reiterated his position on the case of Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of ...

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https://www.fvw.de Nov 03 23

New partnership (with picture gallery): Albania becomes the official guest country of ITB 2025

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balkaninsight.com/2023/11/10/albanias-police-vetting-criticised-as-too-slow-too-opaque/

Nov 10 23

Albania’s ‘Police Vetting’ Criticised as Too Slow, Too Opaque: Albania has little to show from a police vetting process that the government said would “clean up” ...

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