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Police arrest two Rinas border police officers, part of human trafficking ring

Police arrest two Rinas border police officers, part of human trafficking ring

TIRANA,  Sept. 30  – Two border police officers at the Mother Teresa Airport were arrested on Saturday, while authorities also issued arrest warrants for five Macedonian citizens and another Albanian employee of an airport security company during the operation against

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Forensic expertise unveils signs of violence on Xhisiela Maloku’s body

Forensic expertise unveils signs of violence on Xhisiela Maloku’s body

TIRANA, Sept. 29 – The forensic expertise of Xhisiela Maloku, the girl who had denounced the violence towards her of Rexhep Rraja, son of Socialist MP Rrahman Rrahja, has found that she had indeed been burnt and kicked with strong

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Former police officer says Socialist government MPs held him at gunpoint

Former police officer says Socialist government MPs held him at gunpoint

TIRANA, Sept. 27 – Albania’s opposition Democratic Party published on Wednesday a video-testimony of former police officer in the Fushe-Kruje Police Department Emiljano Nuhu saying he was held at gunpoint  by Socialist MPs Taulant Balla and Rrahman Rraja and Kruja’s

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Parliamentary boycott continues, as opposition holds meeting in Vlora

Parliamentary boycott continues, as opposition holds meeting in Vlora

TIRANA, Sept. 20 – As the country’s Socialist majority put on the vote President Ilir Meta’s decree on the new National Theatre building accompanied by a few amendments on Thursday in parliament, the opposition marked its fourth absence since the

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German foreign minister says 2019 won’t automatically open negotiations for Albania

German foreign minister says 2019 won’t automatically open negotiations for Albania

TIRANA, Sept. 20 – Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that June 2019 doesn’t mean automatic opening of accession negotiations for Albania, during his meeting in Tirana with Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati. “On June this year a heuristic decision was

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Senior US diplomat Elisabeth Millard visits Tirana

Senior US diplomat Elisabeth Millard visits Tirana

TIRANA, Sept. 19 – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Elisabeth Millard began a visit to Tirana on Wednesday. She was welcomed by President Ilir Meta, with whom she discussed Albania’s main

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US Ambassador says war on drugs will only end when “big heads”  are caught

US Ambassador says war on drugs will only end when “big heads” are caught

TIRANA, Sept. 16 – US ambassador to Albania Donald Lu said Friday night that the fight against marijuana cultivation and distribution in the country can not be considered complete without arresting the people organizing it. Ambassador Lu, who will be

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To-be-deported Albanian man’s suicide highlights country’s ongoing exodus

To-be-deported Albanian man’s suicide highlights country’s ongoing exodus

TIRANA, Sept. 5 – The suicide of an Albanian family man who was going to be deported from Germany on Wednesday attracted attention again to the alarming numbers of Albanians desperately seeking to leave the country – with 13,4 percent

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Increased number of threats towards journalists, Union of Journalists warns

Increased number of threats towards journalists, Union of Journalists warns

TIRANA, Sept. 5 – The Union of Journalists of Albania announced on Tuesday that over 45 journalists from different media have sought asylum or citizenship in other states in an attempt to leave the country from threats they receive from

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Attempted gun attack towards Albanian journalist shocks capital

Attempted gun attack towards Albanian journalist shocks capital

TIRANA, Aug. 30 –  A gun attack occurred in Albania in the early hours of Thursday morning at the apartment of News 24 TV station journalist Klodiana Lala. Her building at the outskirts of Tirana was fired heavily upon with

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