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News : ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) 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 pra... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) 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. ... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Albania improves its environmental performance TIRANA, Feb 02—Albania ranks 16th among 163 countries in 2010 in a two-yearly environmental performance index, up from 25th place in 2008. ... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Excess weaponry, ammunition to be disposed of by 2014, says minister TIRANA, Feb. 3 – Defense Minister Arben Imami said Wednesday that the army, domestic authrotities and NATO had prepared a plan on how to collect the remaining weapons and ammunition in the country. I... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) German police arrest alleged hijacker of plane from Albania to Turkey BERLIN, Feb. 3 - German police arrested a Turkish man who hijacked a plane from Albania to Turkey in 2006. Federal police spokesman Matthias Menge told The Associated ... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Albania in a long EU integation process TIRANA, Feb. 3 - Czech Stefen Fuele, who is expected to start work as the 27-country bloc's enlargement chief next week, says the EU can grow during the five-year term and the executive European Commi... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Socialsits to resume street protests TIRANA, Feb. 3 – The main opposition Socialsit Party of Tirana Mayor Rama said that they will return to the holding of street protests based on their slogan ‘Open the Ballots, Or Leave’, calling on Pr... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Strange persistence on ‘Greater Albania’ idea TIRANA, Feb. 1 – Strangely enough at a time when both Albanians and Serbs aim at becoming part of the European Union and also other international institutions (Albania is a NATO member while Serbia is... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Austria in support of Tirana's visa-fee efforts TIRANA, Jan. 31 – Interior Minister Lulzim Basha signed last week a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with his Austrian counterpart Maria Fekter in promoting Albania's efforts toward achievi... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Court verdict doesn't impact bilateral ties, says Meta TIRANA, Jan. 31 – Foreign Minister Ilir Meta said Sunday that the recent Constitutional Court verdict on annulling a maritime border deal with Greece would not negatively affect bilateral ties. Meta ... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Meta at London's conference on Afghanistan TIRANA, Jan. 31 - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta headed the Albanian delegation at the London Conference on Afghanistan held last week, where the international community tried to... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Joint forces to help Thalassemia patients CYPRUS, Jan. 30 - The First Ladies of Cyprus, Lebanon and Albania joined forces in Cyprus last week to help Thalassemia patients worldwide. They gathered in Nicosia at the invitation of the First Lad... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) En Brief TIRANA, Feb. 1 – Heavy rain and snow over the weekend, espcially in the eastern part of the country, caused havoc on many national roads and blocked some of them, primarily in the countryside.... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Defense minister at NATO meetings TIRANA, Feb. 3 – Albanian Defense Minister Arben Imami is to take part in two NATO meetings this week.... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Public awareness on road safety TIRANA, Feb. 2 - Ten national and international organizations partnered to create the Albanian Coalition for Road safety and launched a campaign aiming to increase public awareness and educate the pub... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Constitutional Court annuls controversial lustration law TIRANA, Feb. 2 – The Constitutional Court has annulled a controversial law on lustration, which had come under harsh criticism from the association of prosecutors and judges as well as from western ... ( 12:00 05/02/10 ) Another arrest on Gerdec case TIRANA, Feb. 2 – Veiz Muca is the other person put under arrest for the Gerdec blast two years ago that killed 26 and injured 300 person at a private ammunition disposal factory not far from capital T...

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