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Tirana Times

Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Albania, 1939-1943. I realise some individuals may frown a little, but that too, is history. It is a known fact that dictatorships are full of ideological meglomania and with
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Seasonal Tastings

By James Podles Last week (Nov. 23-28), the Apollonia Restaurant, at the Rogner Hotel Europapark, celebrated the peak of the fall season with a special menu created by resident chef Tobias Fritz
20 years ago
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Albanian ballet finalists in Chicago

For the third year, Albanian ballerinas studying under the well known choreographer Arjan Sukniqi have won the right to compete in the dance festival, “Dance Chicago.” In this festival, six dancers from
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Albania broke UN Embargo to Yugoslavia

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha acknowledged on Thursday that Tirana had broken the United Nations embargo on former Yugoslavia during the first years of the 1990s by sending
20 years ago
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Politics still at loggerheads

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albanian politicians continue to be at loggerheads, though signs of calming down have been noticed in the last two weeks. After the end of the parliamentary commission on
20 years ago
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Albania thanks NATO support

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Thursday, Albanian senior officials expressed their thanks for NATO’s positive signal towards its membership in 2008, and pledged their full commitment to achieve the required standards. Albanian Prime
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Central European Initiative summit in Albania

TIRANA, Nov. 24 – Albania held, on Friday, a summit of prime ministers and senior officials from 18 central and southeast European countries, who met to discuss closer regional cooperation and to
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Police stop illegal border crossing

MALESI E MADHE, Nov. 26 – Police stopped six persons, three of them children, from illegally crossing the border into Montenegro, where it was learned they had planned to go to beg,
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Albanian extradited from Italy

TIRANA, Nov. 25 – Interior Ministry reported that Ardian Lamaj, 30, was extradited from Milan, Italy after police had issued an international arrest warrant for him. Lamaj has been sentenced in 2003
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