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Tirana Times

Flags of the member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Photo credit: OSCE

OSCE urges Albania to move ahead with electoral reform

TIRANA, Oct. 31 – The head of the OSCE Presence in Albania,  Bernd Borchardt, has urged Albania’s Special Committee  on Electoral Reform to complete the OSCE ODIHR recommended changes to the country’s
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The Ministry of Health said it blamed the opposition of launching a negative propaganda against the free check up program which led to a “small number of citizens that have used the services regardless of the capacity of 475,000 tests each year which is supported financially by the Public Private Partnership.” (Photo: PDP/Pixabay)

Expansion of medical checkup concession raises eyebrows

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – A recent government decision to expand a medical checkup program that operates with public funding through a 10-year concession to a private company has drawn the ire of
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Albania's Constitutional Court in a recent session. (Photo: Archives)

Constitutional Court suspends vetting bill

TIRANA, Oct. 25 – Albania’s Constitutional Court suspended on Wednesday the draft law on transitional qualification assessment of the judges and prosecutors in the country, also known as the vetting law. The
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U.S.-based artist opens solo exhibition

TIRANA, Oct. 27 – Compositions, nudes and landscapes as well artworks dedicated to Ismail Kadare, Albania’s internationally renowned writer, will be on display at the National Art Gallery in Tirana for one
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