Tirana, Albania News

TIRANA, Albania -- Police seized and destroyed drugs in several operations across the country over the past few days, local media reported on Tuesday .

TIRANA, Albania -- The High Court in Tirana on Monday again postponed the trial of former Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu who faces charges of abuse of power.

Tirana 04 July 2009 LSI head Ilir Meta The Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, announced on Saturday, that it had accepted a request from right-wing incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha, to join the ruling coalition after last Sunday's poll.

Despite the confusion over the outcome of Albania's parliamentary election, a majority was likely to be established Saturday as the small opposition LSI party agreed to enter the coalition led by conservative Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

In Albania, a new government is beginning to emerge a week after parliamentary elections.

Albania's opposition Socialists on Saturday threatened to hold street protests after election authorities declared Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democrats had won enough seats in last weekend's election to form a government.

When it comes to overseas property investment there are several choices to be made.

The Central Election Commission decided on Thursday to bring the last voting boxes from the Lezha and Fier regions and count the ballots live on national TV in Tirana.

FOR months the opinion polls suggested that Albania's election would be close. Most pundits said they were wrong, because respondents were giving unreliable answers.

Albania's Democratic Party claimed victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections with 99 per cent of the ballots counted.

Near complete results showed the Democrats were ahead by just over one percentage point, but it was unclear whether Berisha had secured enough seats in parliament needed to govern alone.

The people of Albania are going to the polls in parliamentary elections that are seen as a key test for the Balkan country's ambition to join the European Union.

Polling stations around the country opened today at 7 a.m, with roughly 3.1 million Albanians eligible to cast ballots for the countrya s new parliament.

The European Commission is not completely satisfied with the Albanian parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Reuters, Tirana Albanians began voting on Sunday in elections seen as a test of the Balkan state's democratic credentials, with the front-runners for prime minister a dominant leader of the post-communist era and a Socialist.

The parliamentary elections in Albania have passed without incident. According to the electoral college there were no irregularities and no reports of violence.

Albania is a strange place where strange things happen. For example, under the former dictator, Hoxha, for many years it was the most closed and isolated country in the world, with only one ally: Mao's China ; and it is the only European country where blood-feud is still practiced.

Tirana Socialist leader Edi Rama One opposition supporter was injured when he was hit by a police van as he and dozens of others tried to break a cordon of small trucks set by police to block the boulevard where the manifestation is due to happen.

Change is on everyone's mind in Albania, where a post-communist era generation is going to the ballot box for the first time.

A A A' Prime Minister Sali Berisha faces a tough fight Sunday in national elections seen as a key test of the country's political maturity as it eyes European Union membership.