Von der Leyen at opening of the College of Europe in Tirana: Nightlife is fantastic, don’t stay up too late if you have class the next day
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24/10/24
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as part of her visit to the Albanian capital, was today at the opening of the College of Europe in Tirana, which she called it “a new beginning, with new friends and new dreams”. “This ceremony is more than the beginning of a new academic […]
Democratic opposition complains in Strasbourg about the political situation in Albania
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24/10/24
On the third day of the meetings of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party in Strasbourg with officials of the European Parliament, deputy Albana Vokshi listed the issues about which the DP group informed the MEPs. From Strasbourg, Vokshi said that they had informed the political groups in the European Parliament about the current […]
Fiks Fare show; Vocational school advertised by the prime minister remains without classes for lack of teachers
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23/10/24
1400 students of the Vocational High School in Elbasan in central Albania are not learning as there is a shortage of teaching staff. For this reason, students study only three or four classes a day. In this insitution a variety of study branches are offered, such as information technology, hydraulics, hospitality, tourism, transport services, mechanics […]
President of the European Commission Von der Leyen is welcomed in Tirana by PM Rama
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23/10/24
The President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen has arrived this afternoon in the capital of Albania, where she was received in an official ceremony by Prime Minister Edi Rama. Von der Leyen starts today the annual tour of visits to the countries of the Western Balkans. She is currently holding a meeting […]
Skydiving air show is held for the fourth year in a row in Gjirokastra airfield
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22/10/24
In Gjirokastra, in the southern tip of Albania, the several-day international skydiving festival started yesterday for the fourth year in a row. The air show brought to Gjirokastra professional skydivers from several countries, 40 of them from neighboring Italy. Parachuting from the planes was spectacular and gave thrills to spectators and amateur participants. Albanian pilot […]
Former Albanian president Ilir Meta is arrested by special anti-corruption agencies
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21/10/24
The former president of Albania and leader of the Freedom Party in the opposition, Ilir Meta, was arrested today by order of the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime. The special prosecutor’s office has conducted a property investigation against Mr. Meta, and unofficially it is said that the charges are non-declaration of property, corruption […]
73-year-old artisan fanatically preserves the craft of Albanian folkloric decorations in Elbasan
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20/10/24
Vezir Ballshkashi is 73 years old and for a quarter of a century he has been passionately working on what in central Albania are called ‘tepe’, the metal accessories that complete the traditional folk women costumes of the area. The old man says that when he discovered it he fell in love with the craft, […]
Judge sues daughter of former prime minister Berisha for 500 thousand euro bribe accusations
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19/10/24
Judge Irena Gjoka, who followed the case of the privatizations in which former Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha was convicted, today filed a request to investigate the statements made publicly by his daughter Argita Malltezi, who accuses her of taking bribes of 500,000 euros. Malltezi made the allegations last month, saying that Gjoka was corrupt, […]
Berat policemen are not paid allowances and overtime hours: We get less now that our salary has been increased
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18/10/24
In the month of June 2024, the government approved the salary increase for State Police employees, saying that the salaries will be higher and depending on the rank of police employees. But before long, hundreds of employees in the Berat Police Directorate in central Albania, which also includes the police stations of Skrapar, Berat, Dimal […]
SP proposes penalities for democratic MPs after the incidents in the Assembly of Albania
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18/10/24
The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party in power is preparing the proposal with the penalities for the deputies of the Democratic Party, who blocked the work of the parliament on Thursday and caused incidents in the protest they labeled as ‘civil disobedience’. Sources from the SP confirmed for Top Channel that the proposal for […]
Opposition’s Meta against the Rama-Meloni migration pact, head of PL calls for protests after the arrival of immigrants
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17/10/24
As the first ship with immigrants from Italy to be processed in Albania landed today on the shores of Shengjin, Ilir Meta hastened to call for popular protests against the Rama-Meloni pact. “The whole of Albania should rise in protest so that this is no longer a place of conglomeration of immigrants, where the Albanian […]
Heavy tensions in the parliamentary session in Tirana; The opposition tries to burn chairs inside the building surrounded by protesters
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17/10/24
Today’s session of the Albanian parliament has brought severe tensions due to the protest of the DP opposition both inside and outside the parliament. The session were interrupted by the chaos caused by the DP deputies who grabbed chairs and after piling them in the center of the hall, tried to set them on fire. […]
Alarming numbers of electric scooter accidents, minors the main cause
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16/10/24
Fiks Fare program returns to the problem of electric scooters and food delivery bikes, which continue to be a disturbing problem for the pedestrians and the traffic in the Albanian capital. From the observation on the streets of Tirana, Fiks fare saw that the majority of scooters are driven by minors, who often travel in […]
Greece “softens” stance on Albania, promises support in EU membership negotiations
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16/10/24
11 months after the headlines of the Greek press about the first Greek “blockade” for Albania due to the issue of the minority mayor “Beleri”, Greek foreign ministër Georgios Gerapetritis said today that he considers the Conference Intergovernmental EU-Albania as a historical moment for the development of the European progress of the Western Balkans. The […]
Former persecuted by communist regime go on a hunger strike in Tirana, demanding the fulfillment of income requirements
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15/10/24
Some former persecuted of the communist regime in Albania have today taken the extreme decision to go on hunger strike. In front of the official headquarters of the politically persecuted in the center of Tirana, they have erected a tent with improvised beds and vow to stay until the government listens to them and the […]
Albania and the EU start the first chapter of membership talks in Brussels
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15/10/24
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was in Luxembourg today at a historic moment in the European Integration Process for the country. Rama was in the talks with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani, the Minister of State and Chief Negotiator Majlinda Dhuka, the Minister of State for Public Administration and Anticorruption Adea […]
PM Rama for Reuters: There is no agreement with other countries other than Italy for immigrants, Germany should find another partner
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14/10/24
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, on the eve of the opening of the Italian refugee camp in Gjadër, in an interview with the Reuters agency, rejected the possibility of an agreement with another EU country other than Italy, for the reception of immigrants. He said that Albania has made an agreement with Italy to accept […]
After two rounds of registrations, only half of fist year quotas in Albanian universities have been filled
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13/10/24
In universities there are about 31,000 places in auditoriums for first-year students, but with the completion of two rounds of registrations, almost half have remained unfilled, which shows the continuous decrease in the number of students in Albania. While medicine and the branches of technology and engineering lead the preferences in higher education, natural sciences […]
Italy takes over new refugee camps in Albania, colonel: In any instance we will act as if we were in Italy
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12/10/24
The immigrant centers in Shengjin and Gjadër in northwestern Albania were today taken over by the Italian security authorities and within the next week they are expected to open to accommodate the first immigrants that come to Italy, who will undergo accelerated asylum procedures. The Italian colonel for Protection and Security in the Gjadri camp […]
Albanian farmers open their vineyards for foreign tourists who collect their own fruit in Berat
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12/10/24
Albania does not only have coastal tourism, as a new approach to welcoming foreign and local visitors is now the countryside, the farms and their products. Farmer Petrit Fiska from Roshnik, in Berat in central Albania, says that the agricultural work has brought foreign tourists to the village. Journalist Rudina Muça: How much land do […]