Albania News

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

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.

A survey published by the American Chamber of Commerce in Albania reveals that the majority of its members saw an economic downturn in 2012 and expect worse in 2013.According to the survey which polled over 120 members of the chamber, who head some of the largest businesses in... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

Tony Blair has agreed to advise the next government of Albania in a deal which could be worth millions of pounds.

"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.

Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attended the inauguration of the new TSO control, SCADA / EMS Dispatch Centre.

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)

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berishas allegations that the opposition forfeited hundreds of millions of euro by blocking Albanias EU candidate status are just political rhetoric, an expert said.Apart from being granted EU candidate status, there other conditions which need to be... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

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

The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

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.

Abania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attended the inauguration of the commencement of works for the construction of hydropower Banja Gramsh, the Norwegian company Statkraft.

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.

Passed by the Albanian parliament on May 4, the new law amends the country's existing criminal code to add LGBT protections not previously offered in the law.

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.

Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha is in Vlora district to attend the inauguration events of some public and private works there.PM Berisha went to Orikum municipality in the beginning and attended the kick-off works for building the Sewerage Treatment Plant.

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.