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Asharq Al-awsat English
March 26, 2018
According to Nidzara Ahmetasevic, a volunteer working with migrants in Sarajevo, the number of migrants in the country “is at least double” what authorities reveal. “We are in contact with more than 300 people. We have found a solution for some 50 in terms of accommodation, but we could fill two moreÃâà...
EURACTIV
March 26, 2018
“A thousand dollars (€800) to go from Turkey to Greece, a thousand euros to go from Greece to Albania and so on,” Wessam told AFP. According to Bosnian authorities, since the beginning of the year 700 migrants have entered the country illegally and almost 800 were intercepted at the border.
ABC News
March 26, 2018
Serb officials must seek official clearance from Kosovo's authorities before any visit. ... It was not be the first tense moment on Kosovo's border with Serbia, which is controlled by NATO-led troops since an intervention in 1999 to stop a bloody Serbian crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo.
Xinhua
March 26, 2018
TIRANA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Durres-Kukes highway, known also as the ALbanian Nation's Road, will be Albania's first toll road starting from April 15, 2018, Albanian ministry of transport and ... However, Albanian authorities insisted that the implementation of toll was crucial to the road's maintenance.
The Sun Daily
March 26, 2018
A top judiciary official, who asked not to be named, told AFP about the case of a gravedigger in the southern coastal city of Vlora. He had no inkling that he was supposedly the "owner" of 220ha of military land in the Karaburun peninsula. In early March, the authorities decided to examine more than 30,000Ãâà...
ReliefWeb
March 24, 2018
On 19 March, the first floods were reported by the Belarusian authorities, local media and Belarus Red Cross branches, with 316 flooded houses reported to be flooded in ... Depending on water release from the Albanian side (which is a high probability), the flow of water could be more than 1,500 m3 / sec.
euronews
March 24, 2018
It was Adem's family ties that made him a target for authorities. His father had been an officer under the rule of the Albanian monarchy and the Hoxha regime sought to stamp out those once associated with the aristocracy. While Adem's father escaped to save his life, his son was to suffer the consequences.
EU Scoop
March 15, 2018
The Macedonian Primer Minister Zoran Zaev commented on the passing of the new law in the country that makes Albanian a second official language. According to the PM, this will help the country move to create a “society for everyone.” Zaev said: “This is a European value that received the support of theÃâà...
B92
March 15, 2018
This happened without a debate on amendments, with 64 votes in favor, and none against or abstained. This legal act introduces the Albanian language as the second official language in the country. Assembly Speaker Talat Xhaferi, from the Albanian DUI party, thus carried out his plan and rejected aÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 10, 2018
The torrential rain in recent days has caused landslides damaging dozens of homes and flooding roads, said the transport ministry. The rain has also forced the Albanian authorities to release excess water from a hydroelectric plant, which has added to the flooding in northern areas of the country. WeatherÃâà...
New Zealand Herald
March 9, 2018
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities say a large area in the northwest of the country has been flooded after two rivers and a lake exceeded or approached critical levels. The defense ministry on Friday said 9,230 hectares (22,800 acres) of agriculture land and grasslands in Shkodra district, 100Ãâà...
Seattle Times
March 8, 2018
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities say that heavy rain has caused flooding in more parts of country, with landslides damaging many roads. The defense ministry said Thursday that about 2,800 hectares (6,900 acres) of agricultural land and grasslands in the north-west have now been flooded.
Kathimerini
March 4, 2018
The Albanian authorities continued on Friday talks over the delimitation of the maritime border with the neighboring Greece, an issue which has sparked strong reactions among Albanian politics and public opinion. The President of Albania Ilir Meta met a group of lawmakers from the majority and oppositionÃâà...
Xinhua
March 3, 2018
TIRANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Albanian authorities continued Friday talks over the delimitation of the maritime border with the neighboring Greece, an issue which has sparked strong reactions among Albanian politics and public opinion. The President of Albania Ilir Meta met Friday a group of lawmakersÃâà...
Insightcrime.org
March 3, 2018
The unprecedented seizure of more than half a ton of cocaine at an Albanian port suggests Colombian crime groups seeking to cash in on booming production are diversifying trafficking routes into the lucrative European market. Albanian authorities seized 613 kilos of cocaine on March 1 that had enteredÃâà...
Balkan Insight
March 2, 2018
“The US Embassy and the US Drug Enforcement Administration commend the Albanian State Police, Serious Crimes Prosecutors, and Customs officials for the seizure of 614 kilos of Colombian cocaine yesterday in Durres,” the US Embassy wrote on its Facebook page. “It is a welcome sign that AlbanianÃâà...
OCCRP
March 2, 2018
“The Albanian authorities are still investigating with their foreign partners to discover all the links and persons involved in this criminal activity,” said Veliu. ... in the Durres port 10 days prior and had been kept under surveillance, and further speculated that Albania was not the shipment's final destination.
Xinhua
March 2, 2018
TIRANA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- All Albania's state structures and civil emergency response teams are working to normalize situation here after the country has gripped with a cold snap in recent days, Albania's Civil Emergency Department informed Thursday. The heavy snowfalls have caused difficulties inÃâà...
Balkan Insight
March 1, 2018
The Authority was established after the Albanian parliament passed a law in May 2015 to open up the Communist-era secret police files. The Authority was also given the power to run checks on political party officials and holders of public office to see if they were police collaborators during the period.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 19, 2018
The European Union has warned Albania against "interference" in neighboring countries and Serbian officials accused Tirana of wanting to build a "Greater Albania," after the Albanian prime minister said his country and Kosovo could one day have a single president. Addressing Kosovo's parliament toÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
February 19, 2018
Rama asked at the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of Kosovo declaring its independence from Serbia. The Albanian leader added that his idea was not realistic at the moment, but that it might become reality in the future, according to reports citing Albanian official news agency ATA. The SundayÃâà...
Balkan Insight
February 15, 2018
The US State Department on Wednesday announced that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had "designated" Adriatik Llalla, 49, and his family as corrupt foreign officials, thereby banning Llalla from entering the country. Llalla was General Prosecutor in Albania from 2012 to 2017 and last year the USÃâà...
Balkan Insight
February 2, 2018
Two former directors of the Albanian Road Authority are among 11 people arrested by an Elbasan court order over the procurement of a road that was never ... Xhika, 47, is a senior official in the Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, the third largest party in Albania and a former junior partner in variousÃâà...
OCCRP
December 31, 1999
Albanian Police Department (Photo Credit: Policia e Shtetit website)In cooperation with authorities abroad, police conducted the operation called “One ... On Friday, Albanian prosecutors said that the mayor of Lezhe and 11 officials were arrested for their alleged part in selling coastal land in a scheme toÃâà...
