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20 hrs ago | BBC

Albania's strides to EU accession

With Europe's fastest-growing economy, Albania recently took one step closer to joining the EU, when foreign ministers of the 27 member states agreed to launch accession talks.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Wed Dec 09, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania PM Names 'Balkans' Most Dangerous Mafia'

Barroso: High Time for Macedonia a oeNamea Deal Macedonia's name dispute with Greece has to be solved once and for all and now is a good time to do so, the chief of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso told journalists in Brussels, following his meeting with Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Nikola Gruevski, Sali Berisha, Canada

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Variety

'Piano,' 'Plato,' tie Tirana's top prize

The Tirana Film Festival, Albania's only international movie event, wrapped its seventh edition -- the first to include a competition -- late Sunday at a ceremony in the capital.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Press Review - December 3

If the two are not arretsed by that time, he says will resign, he says. Call for Pressure for Rape Victims' Rights Amnesty International has called on the EU to pressure the government of Bosnia in Herzegovina to ensure justice for rape victims, including compensation.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania

Fri Dec 04, 2009

SETimes news

Albania, Republika Srpska report first swine flu deaths

The Health Ministry reported on Thursday the first swine flu death, a 57-year-old patient from the outskirts of Tirana who had been battling a tumour and heart problems.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Albania, Europe, World News

Thu Dec 03, 2009

ETaiwanNews.com

Albania reports its 1st swine flu death

Albanian health authorities have reported the Balkan country's first swine flu death.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Wed Dec 02, 2009

WGN-TV Chicago

Albania says it's ready to take in more former Guantanamo detainees

Albania says it has agreed to accept more former Guantanamo detainees, but not members of China's ethnic Uighur Muslim minority.

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Related Topix: Europe, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Albania, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Sali Berisha

Tue Dec 01, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Six People Die in Albania Car Accident

Tirana Fushe Kruje - Lac highway Six people lost their lives in the Fushe Kruja-Lac highway on Monday evening after a car collided with an ambulance.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

SETimes news

Albania celebrates Independence Day

TIRANA, Albania -- The country celebrated the 97th anniversary of its independence on Saturday , with most observances held in Tirana and the seaside town of Vlora, where the national flag was first raised in 1912.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News, Bamir Topi

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Macedonian Radio Television

EU urges Albania's opposition to end boycott

In democratic countries, the political debate rolls out in parliament, and therefore it is necessary that opposition parties in Albania end the boycott of parliament, senior EU official said.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Raises Overflight Charges

Albania Raises Overflight Charges Tirana Boing 747 Albania is expected to be one of the 19 out of 34 European countries to raise overflight charges for airlines in 2010, a proposal which has been sharply criticized by the International Air Transport Association, IATA.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Tri-cityherald.com

UEFA names 5 clubs suspected of fixing matches

Five clubs in Albania, Latvia, Slovenia and Hungary are suspected in European soccer's biggest match-fixing investigation.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania

Mon Nov 23, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Police Bust 23 Kilos of Heroin

Kosovo honours a hero. To the hero the spoils? Brushing a lock of hair from her face and gazing into her eyes, the former president asks the comeliest government official to hand, "So what did you think of my speech?" No Monica she, her answer stays on the vertical and is rather better sculpted than the two and half-metre effigy just unveiled ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Europe, World News, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece

The Huffington Post

John Feffer: Albania: Europe's Wild East

The traffic circles in Tirana, the capital of Albania, are a free-for-all. There are no lanes.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Journalism

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Reuters

Albania opposition protests to demand vote recount

Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversial June 28 election or hold another.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News, Sali Berisha

Fri Nov 20, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Remains Balkans Bribe Heaven

Tirana Tirana Although more than half Albanian nationals admit of having paid a bribe during last year, their believe that their standard of living has improved and identify more readily with current politicians, a new study reveals.

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Related Topix: Albania, Europe, World News, Albania Travel, Travel

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Opposition to Hold Three Day Rally

Tirana Protestor holding sign during opposition rally The protest, which is expected to begin on Friday afternoon in Tirana's central Skenderbg square, will congregate in front of the office of Prime Minister Sali Berisha and will be followed by a three day and three night sit-out of a few thousand opposition supporters.

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Related Topix: Albania, World News, Europe, Sali Berisha

Balkan Times

EC concerned about corruption in Albania

Corruption remains a serious problem in Albania, European Commission head in Tirana, Helmut Lohan, said on Wednesday .

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Albania Oil Magnate Denied Bail Over Journalist Assault

Tirana Mero Baze Tirana's district court on Tuesday denied an appeal from lawyers representing controversial oil magnate Rezart Taci, who was arrested over the assault of publisher and political commentator Mero Baze.

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Related Topix: World News, Albania, Europe, Sali Berisha

Mon Nov 16, 2009

People's Daily Online

Albania repatriates criminal suspect to China

The Albanian authorities have repatriated Shen Lei, a Chinese national wanted in connection with a 100-million-yuan fraud, China's Ministry of Public Security said Monday.

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