Tirana, Albania News

By AzerNews Government officials of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia have signed a memorandum of understanding, support and cooperation in the construction of two new pipelines - Trans Adriatic Pipeline and Ionian Adriatic Pipeline , Azerbaijani news agency Trend reported with reference to RIA Novosti.

A new poll published TV Ora News and conducted by the Italian company IPR Marketing shows that most Albanians have little interest in the campaign for the June 23 elections.According to the survey, 49.5 per cent of respondents have been following the general election campaign with... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

Keynote at OSCE High Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Tirana, Albania Keynote Address by Dr Gudrun Kugler on behalf of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Session 2 on May 21.

With the conflicts that dominated life in the Balkans for years now in the past, academics, analysts and political leaders said the time has come to establish dialogue and co-operation to help citizens overcome the prejudices and stereotypes that have divided the region.

Promoting tolerance through education is focus of the OSCE conference in Tirana Albania.

"Each morning, I wake up with the joy of having a job to support my family. In the future, I want to open my own small salon."Eighteen year old Eriona like many of her peers in Albania had a difficult time finding employment once she had completed her... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you already don't have one.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today formally opened an election observation mission to monitor the 23 June parliamentary elections in Albania.ODIHR was invited by the government of Albania to observe the elections.The mission is headed by... The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today formally ... (more)

Albania's Premier Berisha inaugurated the new customs terminal of Tirana, Vora - Rinas.

The long-term observer mission from the OSCEs Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will monitor the Albanian election campaign ahead of parliamentary polls next month.

Extremist organisations in the Balkans are using a variety of factors to exploit poverty and youth in the effort to attract new members.

The recent killing of an elderly Muslim man in Albania highlights the growing trend of pinning religious motives to crimes, an action that goes against moderate Islamic beliefs, experts said.

Albanians buy Chinese-made fireworks at a popular street market in Tirana. Counterfeit products are mainly imported from Turkey and China, Albania's Consumer Association said.

Tirex Resources Ltd. has engaged Lorenco & CO., a civil engineering company in Tirana, Albania to conduct a survey of the boundaries of its mining licenses.

Albania's Premier Berisha inspected the progress of works of Tirana-Elbasan highway and tunnel this week.

Remember Albania? The crackpot Communist country where they used to cut your hair at the airport if it was too long? Where they hated everything Western, but went crazy over Norman Wisdom films? Once upon a time, the only tourists it welcomed were serious-minded students of Stalinism.

Hochtief AG agreed to sell its airports division to Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada as GermanyA's largest construction company narrows its focus to building.

China Radio International on Sunday launched three new radio service branch in Albania reports Xinhua.

From our window in the iconic, art deco, recently renovated, and surprisingly affordable Hotel Regent Esplanade in Zagreb, Croatia's increasingly chic capital city, my wife, Lidija, and I watch the swelling police presence centred on the august establishment's regal entrance.

A recently renewed agreement will test the ability of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the ODIHR to work together in monitoring Albania's upcoming election.

Albania's central bank has maintained its benchmark interest rate at 3.75%, with governor Ardian Fullani saying April 30 that the rate gives the right stimulus to internal demand.