Albanian teenager arrested for throwing heroin into Greek prison

TIRANA, Aug. 12 – An Albanian teenager used a very efficient and ancient tool to throw heroin to prisoners in Patras, Greece, according to Albanian newspapers. The teenager, whose name was not made known, threw the heroin to the prisoners

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French walker crosses Albania in protest against mining deaths

TIRANA, Aug. 11 – Frenchman Joel Buton crossed Albania on foot during a walk he began in 1999 at the Arch of Triumph in Paris. He was walking to protest against mine accidents that take people’s lives. Buton, 48, started

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Durres port freed from confiscated ships

DURRES, Aug. 11 – Eight ships confiscated by police were removed from the eastern end of the main Albanian port giving more space for increased work. Five of them were confiscated by Durres and Lushnje police after their owners were

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Germany appoints new ambassador to Albania

TIRANA, Aug. 16 – Bernd Borchardt has been appointed Germany’s new ambassador to Albania. Borchardt, 52, was born in Bottrop in 1955. Borchardt graduated with a degree in psychology from The Munster University and immediately afterwards was involved foreign service.

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Albanian PM speaks against Kosova’s partition

TIRANA, Aug. 14 – Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Tuesday that a Kosova partition would seriously threaten the regional stability. Berisha said that those advocating a partition of Kosova as a solution to its status process not only “do

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Topi meets with Albanian clerics

TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Newly-elected Albanian President Bamir Topi met last week with leaders of the religious communities in Albania, his press office reported. Topi had separate meetings with Orthodox archbishop Anastassios Yanoulatos, head of the Muslim community Selim Muca,

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Election for an MP post to be held in September

TIRANA, Aug. 13 – President Bamir Topi decided Monday that the partial election for a parliamentary member who is to replace himself now serving in another position will be held September 23. The election will be held in a district

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Talking the past – the 1997 dossier

Ten years after the deep crisis of the year 1997, when the country plunged into the anarchy that followed the collapse of the pyramidal schemes, and which ended with the fall of the state in the most unthinkable way possible,

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July’s drought, forest fires in Southern Europe among worst on record

BRUSSELS, Aug. 3 – The European Commission said that the forest fires in Europe in July were some of the worst on record, as drought across southern Europe turned forests into tinder. The report noted that its figures have not

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Police arrest teen drug traffickers; Albanian with false documents

TIRANA, Aug. 4 – Two Albanian teenagers were arrested last weekend while trying to sell drugs in Tirana, police reported. Erind Shp쵩m Toska, 18, and Ervis Gjon Kolgjokaj, 18, were arrested with some 50.5 grams of Cannabis Sativa near “Qemal

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