TIRANA, March 31 – The protest against the first toll road in the Nation Highway connecting Albania to Kosovo introduced by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week turned violent Saturday morning, with protesters clashing with police and setting the toll
TIRANA, March 29 – The internationally known Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu will return to Tirana this week for the debut of Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermaus on March 31 at the Palace of Congresses. The special event is taking place
By Sidonja Manushi “Upon entering these mountains, I asked the first highlander I met: — what are you!? – Albanian, he answered. I had asked the same question in other places, and they’d replied ‘I am Catholic, I am
TIRANA, March 29 – As weather conditions improve, the Shkodra Lowlands flooding over the last three weeks due to hydropower plant water discharges are starting to resurface, but are still facing issues with drinkable water, providing food to their kettle
TIRANA, March 29 – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias paid a short visit to Tirana and counterpart Ditmir Bushati on Thursday for a behind-close-doors meeting. Kotzia’s arrival to Tirana comes two weeks after President Ilir Meta authorized the progress of
TIRANA, March 28 – The Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) saw an unexpected decline in party members this week, when seven SMI public office holders resigned to join the governing Socialist Party (SP). The first to resign through a public
TIRANA, March 27 – The opposition’s Democratic Party (DP) published documents on Sunday allegedly proving Prime Minister Edi Rama’s involvement in the illegal embezzlement schemes of the country’s South coastline land. DP representative Enkelejd Alibeaj said the development and construction
TIRANA, March 27 – Albanian police stopped 23 Syrian citizens near Shkodra from entering Montenegro and finally advancing towards Austria on Tuesday. While the Syrians were taken to the local police and are undergoing mandatory legal actions, the police is
TIRANA, March 27 – A person was killed and another wounded on Thursday in the city of Fier after shooting a firearm in the direction of the police patrol. This happened when a group of at least four persons, local
TIRANA, March 29 – Italian authorities confiscated more than 500 kg of cannabis coming from Albania to Puglia’s coastline, arresting the two Albanians driving the speedboat in the process. Two police officers from the Tri Port border crossing were also
