Major opposition DP protest blocks for 3 hours main road axes in several cities of Albania
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30/10/24
For three hours the traffic of vehicles on the main road axes of the country was paralyzed this afternoon by the anti-government protest organized by the opposition DP. Supporters of the opposition along with MPs of the Democratic Party and the Freedom Party, blocked the traffic of vehicles, allowing only ambulances to pass. The most […]
Gjirokastra airfield hosts first landings of tourist planes from Italy
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29/10/24
The Gjirokastra airport in the southern tip of Albania attended today the landing of the first tourist planes since receiving the official status two years ago. The event was watched with interest also because the technical conditions for landing small planes were tested for the first time. The planes came from Italy and the event […]
Albanian police warns the opposition about Tuesday’s national protest: Blocking the roads is a criminal offense
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29/10/24
Tomorrow, October 29th, there will be a national protest called by the Albanian opposition, but the State Police in an official announcement says that the right to assembly will be guaranteed without infringing the free movement of citizens. The State Police says that has undertaken all measures to guarantee public order, the implementation of the […]
Rama in New York seeks the vote of the Albanian Diaspora: We are in the last kilometer of EU ascension
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27/10/24
During his current visit to New York, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in a meeting with Albanian expats asked for the participation of the diaspora in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as he put it ‘to not jeopardize the progress Albania has made so far’. “Diaspora today must play for Albania the role played by the […]
Berisha condemns arrest of the former president Meta and attacks the prosecutors: Head of SPAK, a mercenary
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26/10/24
Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha threatened today the head of the SPAK special prosecution Altin Dumani, regarding the arrest of former Prime Minister Ilir Meta two days ago. While calling Dumani a “mercenary” of the party in power, the leader of the Democratic Party also accuses the prime minister of involvement. Berisha stated: “First, […]
Old tradition of stone ground coffee in Gjirokastra amuses tourists and visitors
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26/10/24
The stone-ground coffee ritual, a medieval tradition of hospitality in Gjirokastër in the southern tip of Albania, has turned into a tourist experience that is enjoyed in the town’s bazaar by dozens of visitors every day. Ljubljana, the local who leads the slow coffee ritual, accompanies it with explanations and the role of coffee in […]
Farmers exhibit their produce at the Korça apple festival, but every year the market remains a problem
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25/10/24
Korça apples are one of the most popular products of this south-eastern Albanian region and every fall the Apple Festival is organized in the village of Dvoran. After a tiring work and cultivating and harvesting, the farmers exhibit the different apple varieties with the aim of promoting them as well as increasing the market and […]
Former Albanian prime minister remains alone in the cell, journalist says he “asked for a gym”
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25/10/24
Former Albanian president, the head of the Freedom Party, Ilir Meta was transported to prison 313 in Tirana after his arrest and the detention measure given for the accusations of concealment of assets. Top Channel’s Anila Hoxha told the program “Breaking” details of Meta’s imprisonment and what happened before he went to the cell. “Ilir […]
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. […]