TIRANA, May 14 – Kristjan Sokoli, who became this month the first Albania-born player to be drafted by a National Football League team, the Seattle Seahawks, said in an interview he is proud of his Albanian roots. Sokoli, who moved
“This is one of the most heartfelt concerts I have given in all my life. It’s a small choir composed of blind people. You can’t imagine their joy when singing,” says conductor Suzana Turku TIRANA, May 11 – Amateur and
Three-quarters of Albanian households in debt report having an income of less than 351 euros per month TIRANA, May 4 – Albanian households are having trouble paying off debts due to a decline in income and an increase in the
By ELEZ BIBERAJ* Twenty-five years after the demise of communism it is appropriate to consider Albania’s democratic trajectory and to highlight its successes and challenges. I will attempt to review Albania’s accomplishments in the past quarter-century, as well as current
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Albania officially helped launch Albania’s Investment Council this week. The head of the EBRD office in Tirana, Christoph Denk, says the Investment Council
TIRANA, April 15 – The Albanian Football Federation has accused UEFA of double standards over its decision to award Serbia a forfeit victory in a European championship qualifier last year, after UEFA made an opposite ruling over another abandoned game
The State Inspectorate for Environment says it has fined Kurum 1 million lek (Euro 7,000) and left the company a 40-day deadline until May 20 to meet its environmental requirements over waste management TIRANA, April – Turkey’s Kurum has had
By DEWI VAN DE WEERD Dewi van de Weerd, the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ ambassador to Albania, made these remarks at the Albanian Institute for International Studies’ European Forum, focusing on current developments within the EU, the upcoming Dutch EU
The Fier Prosecutor’s Office has launched a probe into Bankers Petroleum after the national inspectorate announced it had suspended the company’s environmental permit a month ago and the company had illegally continued its activity TIRANA, April 1 – Canada-based Bankers
Basha makes it official he won’t seek reelection; Socialists and Democrats prepare candidate lists; Socialists enlarge coalition with Cham party TIRANA, April 2 – The upcoming municipal elections are quickly moving to the top of the country’s political agenda, with
