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Tirana Times

Albanians vote in a test of political maturity

TIRANA, Feb. 15 – On Sunday, about 2.9 million registered voters in the country of 4.2 million registered citizens will elect officials to local office in some 380 urban and rural communities.
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U.S. Ambassador meets with Sollaku

TIRANA, Feb. 15 – U.S. Ambassador to Albania Marcie B. Ries met Thursday with Prosecutor General Sollaku to discuss USG rule of law assistance programs. This previously scheduled meeting provided an opportunity
19 years ago
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Police advise forces on elections

TIRANA, Feb. 14 – Police reported that they have undertaken all the adequate steps to play their impartial role during the electoral campaign and on the voting day Sunday, according to the
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Albanians fined for trespassing MontenegrO

MALESI E MADHE, Feb. 13 – Police fined three persons for entering by their boats into the waters belonging to neighboring Montenegro at the Shkodra lake. Xhevahir Ajazi, 28, Mentor Hasanaj, 28,
19 years ago
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Drug traffickers sentenced to prison terms

FIER, Feb. 14 – Fier district court sentenced Wednesday two persons to16 years imprisonment for cultivating drugs. Aleksand철Azizaj and Jani Brahimi were accused of cultivating cannabis sativa which they later sold and
19 years ago
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Voters list completed

TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Vice Interior Minister Ferdinand Poni declared Tuesday that authorities had completed the improvement of the list of voters. He said that the lists were distributed to local authorities
19 years ago
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CEC head warns of electoral process blocking

TIRANA, Feb. 12 – Clirim Gjata, head of the Central Election Commission, who was re-elected last week to the post for another term, warned Sunday that the electoral process was greatly inhibited
19 years ago
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Kosova, unfinished business

TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, started a two-day visit to Tirana Wednesday talking with top Albanian officials on the forthcoming local polls,
19 years ago
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Better police control of border crossing points

TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Police have increased their monitoring and control of the border crossing points trying to prevent illegal exploitation of the electoral moment from Albanians. Alfred Dizdari, 34, was stopped
19 years ago
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