Tirana, Albania News

A judge will decide whether a former Rutgers student convicted of hate crimes for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man should be sent to jail.

Spokeswoman Klejda Plangarica says the bus went off the road Monday near the town of Himare, 137 miles south of the capital, Tirana.

The debris of a bus lies at the bottom of a cliff near Himare southern Albania on Monday, May 21, 2012.

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail.

Spokeswoman Klejda Plangarica says the bus went off the road Monday near the town of Himare, 137 miles south of the capital, Tirana.

The Municipality of Tirana presented on Friday the new urban plan, which is expected to give a modern face to the Albanian capital.

Gay rights activists held a series of public events this week in Tirana, pushing for greater acceptance of the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual lifestyle.

Albania on Thursday for the first time marked an international day against homophobia and transphobia, despite protests in the mostly Muslim country.

The London-based architecture studio Grimshaw has won the urban planning competition for the expansion of Tirana's main boulevard, one of the city's most ambitious plans in decades.

About 71% of bank loans in Albania are concentrated in the capital Tirana, according to data from Albania's Central Bank.

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Karen Kleeman, second from left, hugs Maryanne Schumm, left, while Amelia Jane Carson, second from right, hugs Betty Koster, after Kleeman and Carson were married at the marriage bureau in the city clerk's office in New York, Thursday, May 10, 2012.

Ethnic Albanians rallied in several Macedonian towns on Friday to protests against a police operation that saw arrest of suspects in a quintuple murder case.

NATO is transforming, but it will continue to achieve balance and security in Southeast Europe, Allied Forces Heidelberg HQ Commander Lieutenant General John Morgan said on Thursday , at the close of the 7th Allied Chiefs of Army Staff Talks and Land Commanders Conference, which was held in Tirana.

The Roger Clemens defense team liked government witness Kirk Radomski so much they want to bring him back as their own witness.

About 57 representatives of China's largest investment companies have expressed interest to invest in a series of strategic projects in Tirana, local media reports.

The Austin Film Society, continuing its Essential Cinema series, will be showing Alive! tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar at 7 p.m. This suspense thriller follows Koli, a college student studying in the Albanian capital of Tirana.

Tirana prosecutors have launched an investigation into a mysterious degree that the son of Italian Northern League leader Umberto Bossi received from an Albanian University.

Today at the Nevada State Convention Mitt Romney supporters have been caught distributing fake delegate lists that were made to look like the Took these photos and video in Reykjavik,at around 22:15 hours .

Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Thursday in Tirana called for talks between the political parties on the election of the new president.