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President Launches Political Mediation
TIRANA, Feb. 4 - Albanian President Bamir Topi invites squabbling political parties to sit at a negotiating table to resolve allegations of vote rigging and the political fight over that which has practically blocked all developments in the country.

Albania's opposition Socialist Party of Tirana Mayor Edi Rama has boycotted the parliament and holds nationwide anti-government protests claiming Democratic Party's Prime Minister Sali Berisha manipulated vote counting at last year's parliamentary elections in several areas. The government says the re-count would be illegal.

The conservatives and their allies won 75 of parliament's 140 seats in the June 28 elections; the Socialists and an ally 65

The president said he will hold preliminary talks with political leaders and the international community "to prepare terms of negotiations of a joint round-table," according to a statement released Thursday.

That is exactly what the international community and also many voices int eh country had long said. The president should really get involved in his role of mediator as he is formally above the political parties.
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Albanian writer Fatos Kongoli awarded Legion d’Honneur in France
Albanian writer Fatos Kongoli was awarded France highest decoration Chevalier de Legion d’honneur. "My country recognizes and expresses gratitude for your work. Your hard work, just like that of Primo Levi, Solzhenitsyn and Vasil Grossman, admirably describes not only the destruction, everyday life of individuals oppressed by the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, their decline, but at the same time, their dignity”, said Ambassador Daviet in her speech.
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PACE urges Albania's politics to reconcile, resolve political stalemate
STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 31 - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) urged the Albanian government and the opposition to end their political stalemate and begin necessary reforms. PACE passed a resolution last week advising the government to form a parliamentary commission to investigate the June 2009 general election, as the opposition has demanded, and urged the opposition to end its boycott of parliament. It suggested that President Bamir Topi serve as mediator.
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Fiscal amnesty plan gaining momentum
TIRANA, Jan. 31 - Albania's government indicated this week that it is preparing to apply the country's first ever fiscal amnesty since the fall of Communism, but a final decision will be taken in the next six months. Economy and finance officials told the Albanian media this week they have started discussions with representatives of the business community on how to apply a fiscal amnesty. The new law means that businesses can declare all money and property
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Government could spend 500 million euros on new hydro power plant
TIRANA, Feb. 4 - After a deal with foreign investors to build a fourth large hydro-electric power plant on the Drin River fell through, the Albanian government said this week it will build the plant itself if that’s what it takes to get the project done. If the 500-million-euro Skavica Hydro Power Plant is actually built, it would rival only the Durres-Kukes highway as a public works project implemented in Albania after
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