Albania News

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.

Turkey extradited on Wednesday to Albania leader of a criminal syndicate who had been sought for the murder of at least 15 people between 1997 and 2001.

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

A boy picks up junk into a waste bin during a celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Tirana, capital of Albania, Nov.

Tirana Dritan Dajti Albanian prosecutors on Monday arrested a police officer suspected of aiding a notorious convicted murderer, accused of killing four agents during his recent arrest.

's Galacticos are set to pay their own way after a mega bucks tour deal was struck with Albanian oil baron Rezart Taci.

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 ...

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

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

The small Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former U.S. President George W. Bush to commemorate his June 2007 visit, when he was feted as a hero in an outpouring of love for America.

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.

Ok, so you've heard it all before voting is your democratic right, it's the only way to ensure your voice is heard, it's your duty as a good citizen, it gives you the mandate to complain when things go wrong.

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.

Tirana Korydallos prison An Albanian convict who had escaped from an Athens high security prison in February using a helicopter was arrested again on Monday, Greek media reported.

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.

The world's eyes were turned to Berlin these days. This is the line, which many journalists used to open their articles on the 20 years anniversary of the wall coming down in Berlin.

A mosaic of the late Michael Jackson composed of 230,000 paintbrushes by Albanian artist Saimir Strati entered the Guinness World Records as the world's largest paintbrush mosaic on Friday.

Tirana Gazmir Gjoka Albanian police arrested on Wednesday evening in Tirana Gazmir Gjoka, a suspected drug dealer wanted in New Jersey on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

At the Fall Plenary Assembly of the Albanian Bishops' Conference , which met in Tirana on November 9-10, the Bishops reflected on the Encyclical "Caritas in Veritate.' After a brief exposition of the papal document, as CEA spokesman Father Gjergj Meta tells Afenzia Fides, they considered the situation in Albania, particularly in regards to poverty, ...

Tensions between the Albanian government and the opposition Socialist Party reached Brussels on Tuesday , where a delegation from Tirana was reporting on issues related to Albania's visa liberalisation process and EU integration.