Albania News
|
By AFP
Pristina -
Eight Muslim extremists who plotted terror attacks against Israeli footballers and fans during a 2016 World Cup qualifier in Albania were jailed for up to 10 years on Friday.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill celebrated mass in Tirana on Sunday, the highlight of his first visit to the mainly Muslim Albania.
|
|
By AFP
Washington -
Albania wants to see a US military presence established in the Balkan country in order to counter influence from nations such as Russia, the Albanian defense minister said Tuesday.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
The European Commission has recommended opening EU accession talks with Albania.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
With feathers on its head that make it look like it is wearing a wig, it does not go unnoticed -- the Dalmatian pelican is back with a flourish in the Divjaka Lagoon in western Albania.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
An Albanian court on Wednesday jailed 11 protesters for an undefined period of time over a violent demonstration against the introduction of a toll on a motorway linking the country with Kosovo.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Only when the police questioned him in January did Rrahman Qosja discover he had been the victim of identity theft -- some of Albania's publicly owned coastline had been sold in his name.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albanian lawmakers have passed a law to screen police officers in a bid to clamp down on corruption and links to organised crime, an important part of EU-required judiciary reform.
|
|
By AFP
Pristina -
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country and Kosovo could one day have a single president as a "symbol of national unity" between Tirana and Pristina.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Thousands of opposition supporters protested Saturday in Albania's capital against Prime Minister Edi Rama's socialist government, accusing it of links to organised crime in the impoverished Balkan nation.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albanian lawmakers from the rightwing opposition on Monday threw smoke bombs into a hall of parliament to protest the election by the ruling socialists of a new attorney general.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed in Albania to rescue stranded residents after heavy rainfall triggered major flooding, and caused the death of a utility worker, officials and the power company said Sunday.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
An investigation into a former Albanian interior minister and his alleged links to international cannabis trafficking is ill-timed for the Balkan country bidding to join the European Union.
|
|
By AFP
Pristina -
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Wednesday asked Tirana to smooth the way for Kosovans applying for Albanian citizenship, which would enable them to travel to Europe without visas.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
From his office in the shadowy "House of Leaves", Nesti Vako would listen to the private conversations of his fellow Albanians, spying for the state during the country's communist era.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
The Albanian market vendor paid 1,200 euros ($1,419) to a "chaperone" late last year to take her 16-year-old son to France, where he joined thousands from the Balkan country seeking asylum.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
An Albanian court has sentenced the grandson of former communist dictator Enver Hoxha to ten years in jail for smuggling cocaine, a statement said on Wednesday.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's artist-turned-prime minister Edi Rama, who was heading for a second term on Monday, wants to transform his country from a poor Balkan state into a modern member of the European Union.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama was on his way to securing a second term in power Monday, offering him the chance to lead the Balkan country into European Union accession talks.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday with Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama hoping to boost his grip on power and lead the Balkan country into talks on European Union accession.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Political players contesting Albania's legislative election on Sunday harbour long-held animosities that border on hatred.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania votes in parliamentary elections on Sunday with hopes that a long tradition of polling fraud, violence and disputed results will come to an end and propel the country towards EU membership.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
As Albania gears up for elections, one huge challenge facing the Balkan country has been low on the campaign agendas: the scourge of its cannabis fields, which threatens to hinder EU accession.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's parliament on Friday elected speaker Ilir Meta as the Balkan country's new president, a largely ceremonial post for which he was supported by the governing Socialist party.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's political opposition blocked the country's main roads for more than an hour on Monday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, three months before a general election.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's opposition stepped up pressure Monday on Prime Minister Edi Rama, calling for him to resign and agree to a transitional government to prepare free and fair elections.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Forty years ago, Irina Sallaku's husband Xhavit disappeared and she has spent decades wondering what happened to him.
|
|
By AFP
Kamz -
A town in central Albania has renamed a boulevard in honour of Donald Trump, calling the US president "a revolutionary model" for the world.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's opposition leader was charged by police on Saturday for inciting public violence after leading sweeping anti-government protests.
|
|
By AFP
Tirana -
Albania's main opposition party said Thursday that it would boycott parliament in its efforts to oust Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama ahead of elections in June.
|
apis-366426 apis-364777 apis-363824 apis-363794 apis-363661 apis-362749 apis-362013 apis-359580 apis-358782 apis-356732 apis-353594 apis-352301 apis-351668 apis-347856 apis-343412 apis-342739 apis-340102 apis-338704 apis-338611 apis-338589 apis-338437 apis-338436 apis-338211 apis-333583 apis-333186 apis-332060 apis-330813 apis-330620 apis-328400 apis-328269
Albania Image
The George Bush Statue in Fushe Kruje, Albania
The southern coast of Albania is the most beautiful in Europe Jimmy Lama
King Zog's grave at the Thiais cemetery, near Paris, France Wikimedia Commons - Martin Ottmann
Royal Albanian Army c.1930 demonstrate Zogist salute Wikimedia Commons - Unknown author
Children in Tirana, Albania fearing blood feuds. Finding Dulcinea
Albania's coast is one of the most beautiful in Europe
Albanian tourism combines stone heritage with a stunning coast Jimmy Lama
The Skenderbeu monument and Albanian flag in Albania charlesfred
Jimmy Lama on the Tivat ferry in Montenegro
|
|
