STRASBOURG, Jan. 23 – The Council of Europe reported Wednesday that Albania will be one of the first ten countries to enact on February 1 the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. The Convention aims to prevent trafficking,
TIRANA, Jan. 13 – The Albanian Interior Ministry reported Sunday that no notification from Macedonian officials has been received on possible change in visa regulations beginning February 1. The ministry spokesman said the Government of Albania had not received “official
TIRANA, Jan. 13 – Albanian Police celebrated their 95th birthday on Sunday with a series of activities and meetings. President Bamir Topi awarded the police the Medal Of Gratitude for, “important achievements in the institutional duties making possible the qualitative
TIRANA, Jan. 13 – Fier police arrested two persons accused of involvement in prostitution. Albert Kurti, 35, and Gezim Komini, 36, had been sentenced in 2004 to seven and 6.5 years imprisonment and also fined 25,400 euro each. Another person,
TIRANA, Jan. 13 – The Tirana Court handed down a 75 years prison term to a total of seven members of the criminal gang Compass, for drug trafficking. The head of the gang, Arjan Selimi, was sentenced to 16 years;
LEZHA, Jan. 13 – Police in the northern town of Lezha arrested five people who are suspected of organizing the failed trafficking of over 33 people to Italy by speed boat. The boat departed from Lezha Thursday evening, but was
TIRANA, Jan. 14 – Three more cases of meningitis were diagnosed over the weekend and on Monday in Tropoja, Puka and Fier, bringing the total number of those affected by the life-threatening disease to six. However, no meningitis fatalities have
KORCA, Jan. 13 – Thirty year old Nikolin Sanellari was killed with a pistol shot Saturday in the southeastern city of Korca. Police have announced that Lonard Pasha is the main suspect in the murder investigation. He has since been
GOLEM, Jan. 13 – A man and a woman died Sunday after allegedly being poisoned from the wine they drank at a restaurant. Tom Rrumbullaku and Diana Xibraku died Sunday after they had lunch at a restaurant in Golem, Kavaja
TIRANA, Jan. 13 – Albania’s Prosecutor-General Ina Rama is continuing the investigation of alleged irregularities in the Rreshen-Kalimash highway, which remains a public controversy as it is considered the country’s largest public works project in decades. The prosecutor’s office has
