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Rising above the dingy back streets of the Albanian capital, the silhouette, instantly recognizable, shines out like a promise: the Statue of Liberty, symbol of America, land of opportunity - and also the logo of the University of New York, Tirana , where students pay more than $32,500 for what a sign in the lobby describes as "the only real ... (more)

A twinning agreement between Doha city and the Albanian capital Tirana was signed yesterday at the Doha Municipality headquarters.

Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both of her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo.

One week ago, when Attila Kozsik heard the news that Malev, the Hungarian flag carrier, had grounded all planes , he knew it meant problems.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha.

SHISH concerned over VIP citizenship plan, car insurance rates to go up, two Italians arrested as suspects in armed robberies.

The Minister of Finance, Ridvan Bode, said the government will use contingency funds to help the state-own utility, KESH, fund imports of electricity.

HELICOPTERS are ferrying food and medicine to iced-in villagers as Europe's 12-day-old cold snap tightens its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday accepted credentials of new ambassador of Albania Altin Kodra.

Candid photo straight from the street. The little girl is trying to get a cigarette out of the pack for her grandad.

A plan by Prime Minister Sali Berisha to give Albanian citizenship to foreigners who invest 100,000 in the country could put the state's visa-free regime with the EU at risk.

Albanian authorities are struggling to house dozens of homeless members of the Roma community after the state ombudsman sheltered them his Tirana office six days ago to highlight their plight.

Albania's Tirana Times interviewed Azerbaijan's Ambassador to AlbaniaA Rahman Mustafayev.

Prosecutors in the city of Fier have indicted three suspects, including a relative of a Supreme Court Judge, over an alleged attempt to influence a verdict in a murder trial.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha will visit Azerbaijan this week. His visit is scheduled for Feb.8-10, a diplomatic source told Trend on Monday.

Switzerland has awarded Euro 2.2 million to finance the strengthening and expanding of vocational education and training in Albania.

Albania's Integration Minister Majlinda Bregu and the head of the EU delegation in Tirana Ettore Sequi signed last week the IPA 2011 financing agreement, according to which Albania will receive Euro 82 million, local media reports.

Albania was chosen on the top 10 best tourist destinations in the world in 2011.

New chemical results have showing that chrome ore and olivine extracted by Albanian Minerals & Bytyci SHPK in Tropoje, Albania have showing huge presence of platinum and other rare earth metals.